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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Emily Pennink

Kyrell Matthews: Family’s tribute to boy, 2, ‘robbed of life’ by mother who abused and killed him

Metropolitan Police

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

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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