Baby Who Died Was Fed on Diet of Raw Vegetables

The vegan parents of a baby who died after being fed a diet of liquidised raw vegetables and wheatgrass had four other children who resembled "starving Ethiopians from a Save the Children appeal", a Miami court heard.

Joseph Andressohn, 36, and his wife Lamoy, 30, who face up to 30 years in jail for manslaughter, told investigators they sought advice on feeding from a supermarket specialising in natural foods.

A raw food diet left the surviving children - aged from nine to four - looking like famine victims, their aunt, Mary Andressohn, told the court.