‘We thought dying son was having a nightmare’

A mother and her boyfriend accused of killing her two-year old son claimed they thought the boy was alseep having a nightmare before they called an ambulance. Phylesia Shirley, 24, and her boyfriend Kemar Brown, 28, murdered Kyrell Matthews at her home in Thornton Heath, south London, it is claimed. 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…