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Abigail O'Leary

Mum's partner jailed for 25 years for horrific killing of her autistic son

A man who killed his partner's non-verbal two-year-old son after leaving him with horrific unsurvivable injuries has been jailed for 25 years.

Phylesia Shirley was found guilty of manslaughter over the death of Kyrell Matthews, who died in October 2019.

The defenceless tot went into cardiac arrest at his home in Thornton Heath, south London.

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