Mum and stepdad left daughter, 5, in cold bath as 'tortuous punishment for misbehaviour' leaving her 'just minutes from death'
A five-year-old girl was forced to lie in a bath full of cold water by her mum and stepdad for 'between one to three hours' as a 'punishment for misbehaviour' a judge described as 'extreme, calculated and tortuous' - leaving her just 'minutes from death', a court heard.