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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Chiara Giordano

Kyrell Matthews: Mother and violent ex-boyfriend jailed for killing ‘defenceless’ two-year-old

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A mother and her violent ex-boyfriend have been jailed after they were found guilty of killing her two-year-old son following horrific abuse captured on secret mobile phone recordings.

“Defenceless” Kyrell Matthews was found to have 41 rib fractures and internal bleeding from a fatal 1.6-inch cut to his liver after he collapsed and died at his home in Thornton Heath, south London, on 20 October 2019.

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