‘It was like he was having nightmares’

An alleged killer accused of murdering his girlfriend’s two-year-old son told police ‘it was like he was having nightmares’ before he died, a court heard. Phylesia Shirley, 24, and her boyfriend Kemar Brown, 28, are accused of murdering Kyrell Matthews at her home in Thornton Heath, south London. The toddler suffered a total of 41 rib fractures and his death was caused by very forceful squeezing or blows, jurors have heard. Shirley dialled 111 instead of 999 on 20 October…