Kyrell Matthews, 2, died of a cardiac arrest in October 2019
Metropolitan Police
Harriet Brewis@HattieBrewis8 December 2020
Police have charged a man and a woman with murder following the death of a toddler in south London.
Kyrell Matthews, two, was found at a house in Thornton Heath on October 20 last year.
He had suffered a cardiac arrest.
Phylesia Shirley, 23, of Bensham Manor Road, and Kemar Brown, 27, of Grange Park Road – both in Thornton Heath – are due to appear at Bromley Magistrates’ Court later on Tuesday via video link.
The pair are also charged with causing or allowing the death of a child, the Metropolitan Police said.