Lesbian couple sentenced to life imprisonment for battering toddler to death

A pair of 'cruel and pitiless' lesbian killers who Googled 'can wives be in prison together' have been jailed for life today for battering two-year-old Liam Fee to death and trying to blame the murder on another boy.

Toddler Liam suffered more than 30 external injuries when he was beaten to death by his mother Rachel Fee, 31, and her partner Nyomi Fee, 29, at their home near Glenrothes, Fife, east Scotland.

The couple, who were convicted last week of the shocking murder following a seven-week trial, were today both sentenced to life in prison by Judge Lord Burns at the High Court in Edinburgh, Daily Mail reports.

Rachel Fee, 31, (left) and her civil partner Nyomi Fee, 29, (right)

Receiving mandatory life sentences, Nyomi Fee was ordered to spend a minimum of 24 years in prison, while Liam's mother Rachel was told she must serve behind bars for 23-and-a-half years. The pair displayed little emotion as their sentences were delivered, one after the other, and there was silence in the packed courtroom as the pair were led away to the cells.

The court had heard how defenceless Liam died at his home in March 2014 having suffered 'car crash-style injuries' including a ruptured heart as a result of severe blunt force trauma to his body.