Killers of ‘loving little boy’ Kyrell Matthews jailed

Mother of London toddler given 13 years for manslaughter and ex-partner life sentence after abuse culminated in murder

A man who murdered his ex-girlfriend's two-year-old son in south London has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 25 years after the couple's horrific abuse was captured on secret recordings.

Kyrell Matthews was left with 41 rib fractures and internal injuries by the time of his death in October 2019 after weeks of cruelty at the hands of Kemar Brown and Phylesia Shirley, the Old Bailey in London heard.