carlotta brett-pierce

32-year-old Carlotta Brett-Pierce has been sentenced to a minimum of 32 years in prison. And the judge blasted her for not accepting responsibility for the death, calling her a "self-centered, volatile and belligerent woman."

The mother of Marchella Pierce—the severely malnourished 4-year-old girl who was found dead in her Bedford-Stuyvesant apartment with bruises all over her body—has been found guilty of murder.

The child didn't repeat his previous claims that his mother, Carlotta Brett-Pierce, forced pills down his sister’s throat and beat her with a belt. He did, however, refer to her as "my old mommy."

Prosecutors argued that it was essential to their case to let Brett-Pierce's six-year-old son, who previously told authorities that his mother forced pills down his sister’s throat and beat her with a belt, testify.

A detective testified at a hearing yesterday that Marchella Pierce's mother admitted she tied up the little girl several times: "Her words were, ‘She was acting crazy and her little ass was wilding out."

Chereece Bell The former Administration for Children's Services supervisor who was

Former ACS supervisor Chereece Bell, left, ACS case worker Damon Adams

Carlotta Brett-Pierce (from her MySpace) Last fall, we were horrified by

Pierce, mother of 4-year-old Marchella Pierce In early September, police found

Carlotta Brett-Pierce, and Bill de Blasio Slumlord-hater and Public Advocate Bill