A set of parents allowed their children to become so dirty they looked like 'urchins from Oliver Twist ' with lice and rotting teeth . Jake Alderto , 22 , and Emma Louise Jones , 23 , neglected their two-year-old son and three-year-old daughter so much the toddlers had lice growing in their hair and rotting teeth . The couple from Ulverston , Cumbria , kept no food in the family home where the children were within 'easy reach ' of drugs , Furness Magistrates Court heard . Jake Alderto and Emma Louise Jones ( above ) were convicted of neglect after a court heard how the couple 's two young children were so filthy they did not know what a bath was and had lice growing in their hair . When social services intervened they found the children 'starving ' and their hair crawling with lice . Alderto and Jones were both found guilty of neglect and will be sentenced at Preston Crown Court later this month . Council workers described the case as one of the worst they had ever seen . 'When foster carers were handed these two children they described them as looking like street urchins from Oliver Twist , ' said Lisa Hine , prosecuting counsel . 'They were filthy and there was no food in the house . They were both starving . It was a seriously dangerous house for children to be living in . 'There were drugs within easy reach of them both . ' The couple 's home in Ulverston , Cumbria , was described as 'dangerous ' . The children were within easy reach of drugs . The little girl had to have 16 rotten teeth with the pair 's mother telling officials she did not think providing dental care was her responsibility . 'In relation to dental care , the older child had not been cared for at all and had to have 16 teeth extracted because they were rotten . 'Her mother said she did n't think dental care was down to her , ' added Mrs Hine . 'The children were filthy , they had lice in their hair and did n't know what a bath was or how to eat properly . ' The pair admitted one count of the ill treatment and neglect of children in a manner likely to cause them unnecessary suffering or injury to health . Alderton also admitted possession of cannabis on the same date . Their lawyer made no representation other than to ask for preparation of reports before sentencing given their guilty plea . The couple admitted neglect at Furness Magistrates Court ( above ) . Their case has been committed to Preston Crown Court where they will be sentenced next month .
Emma Louise Jones , 22 , and Jake Alderto , 23 , found guilty of child neglect . Couple 's young children were so dirty they did not know what a bath was . They had been living in 'dangerous ' house and were in easy reach of drugs . Girl , three , had to have 16 rotten teeth removed and was covered in lice . Officials described the case as one of the worst they had ever seen .