A mum-of-seven has been jailed after nearly starving her five-year-old stepson to death.

Tammi Bleimeyer, from Spring, Texas, was sentenced to 28 years in prison after starving the boy, forcing him to wear a nappy and making him sleep in a grimy closet.

The 37-year-old was found guilty of injury to a child by omission after her horrendous treatment of Jordan Bleimeyer, now nine.

Jordan was forced to sleep in a tiny space underneath the stairs, which was referred to as the "Harry potter room".

The crawlspace had exposed nails and wiring and the boy slept on a small mattress.

Doctors said Jordan had nearly starved to death as he weighed just 29 pounds when he was saved.

Medics compared his severe malnourishment to a Holocaust survivor.

Jordan’s father, Bradley Bleimeyer, was sentenced to 15 years behind bars after pleading guilty to the same charge.

The abuse came to light when Tammi’s 16-year-old son reported her to the authorities in 2014.

He told officials that Jordan was being abused by his mother and stepfather, then 24.

Bleimeyer – who was six months pregnant at the time – took Jordan from the home and refused to return when police arrived.

But police tracked her to a nearby motel where they found her with Jordan.

The boy was covered in bumps and bruises and was severely underweight.

Jordan was rushed to hospital where a doctor said he has suffered "severe physical abuse and habitual starvation".

They said Jordan was close to death and would have died within days if he hadn’t been rescued.

Details of the abuse emerged during the trial when prosecutors revealed Jordan was not allowed to eat at the dinner table with Belimeyer’s children.

All he was given to eat each day was a slice of bread and it would be taken away it he didn’t eat it quickly enough.

Jordan was also allegedly drugged by his father to keep him quiet when people were in the house.

His 16-year-old stepbrother also told police he believed someone had slammed his head into a wall and stunned him with a Taser.

Bleimeyer was arrested and charged in February 2015.

She broke down in the Harris County Courthourse when the verdict was read out following 10 days of harrowing testimony.

Two of her son testified with one of them saying in a prepared statement: "I’m up here to ask a rhetorical question of how, how could you put your children through all that? The people who should be your pride and joy."

"You caused me feelings of sadness, anger, confusion, and emptiness. I can’t say that I’ll ever be the same emotionally because of this."

Jordan has been reunited with his biological mother while Bleimeyer’s other children have been taken into the care of Child Protective Services.

Her newborn has been placed in foster care.

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