David Weber

A Perth couple are on trial accused of starving their 17-year-old daughter to the point she weighed barely more than 27 kilograms and was at risk of having a heart attack.

A dance teacher tells a court a teenager whose parents are accused of starving her was at risk of fractures if she jumped too much, but the parents refused her pleas to get medical assistance for their daughter.

Two ballet teachers from different schools testify at the trial of a couple accused of starving their teenage daughter, telling the court of their alarm at the girl's gaunt appearance, and their failed attempts to raise the alarm with the parents.

The trial of parents accused of starving their teenage daughter hears the father told authorities her diet was "fantastic" and he had no concerns about her health.

A 17-year-old girl was so severely malnourished doctors feared she could die, but her father dismissed their concerns as "crazy", a Perth court has heard.

The father of an emaciated girl who was removed from his care after he refused to allow medics to insert a feeding tube told hospital staff he thought BMI "was for fat people" and his daughter was "safe and happy", a Perth court hears.

The mother of a severely malnourished girl accused of starving her thought fellow students at her daughter's dance school were "overweight", and

[in short] WARNING: Indigenous readers are advised this story contains photos of someone who has died.

The WA court hears a teenager spoke of not having her own voice when hospital workers asked her to use it, and her father did not want her using a feeding tube.

A severely malnourished 16-year-old girl who was allegedly starved by her parents sat on her mother's lap as a story was read to her, watched TV