Heartbreaking videos show two-year-old 'giggling and happy' weeks before murder

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Heartbreaking videos of a two-year-old giggling and playing in his mother's arms just a few weeks before being brutally murdered.Kyrell Matthews was found with 41 rib fractures and internal bleeding after being killed by his mum's boyfriend, Kemar Brown, 28.In one video, his mum Phylesia Shirley, 24, who has been found guilty of manslaughter, carries him above a decorated birthday cake.

Another clip shows him in his pyjamas on the sofa, as his mum films him giggling into the lens of the camera, MyLondon reports.

Several photos were also released from Kyrell's short life including one in which he poses in an Arsenal football kit on a balcony.The playful scenes are a stark contrast to the horrific scene that was met by paramedics who desperately tried to save his life after he went into cardiac arrest on October 20, 2019.Shirely made a 111 call after her son fell unconscious and his body became “floppy.”In what prosecutor Edmund Brown QC described as a “relatively calm” tone, she told the NHS call handler: “Basically Kyrell has been acting really funny.

His chest is like coming out like he can’t breathe, he’s not responding properly.Whilst five of the broken ribs were attributed to resuscitation efforts, it was determined that his injuries would have been sustained on at least five occasions in the four weeks leading up to his death.Mr Brown told jurors: “What you will hear of amounts to no less than a determined pattern of repeated and significant assaults – on a completely defenceless and young child.“And it will be no surprise that the effect of these injuries would have been real pain, not only on their infliction, of course, but also pain and discomfort after and following each violent episode.”The couple were