Nigerian man gets prison sentence for beating up his girlfriend's son

- A Nigerian man named Marvyn Iheanacho has gotten hefty prison sentence for beating up girlfriend's son to death

- Marvy was left to look after his girlfriend, Lilya Breha's 5-year-old son, Alex Malcolm

- Iheanacho brutally attacked Alex for losing one leg of his shoe

Nigerian man Marvyn Iheanacho living abroad has bagged a hefty prison sentence for beating up his girlfriend's 5-year-old son for losing his shoe. According to reports, Marvyn had always had a case of violence and had been in prison countless times for various charges tied to violence.

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Lilya Breha had thought that her five month relationship with the x-convict was the real thing. This drove her to let him watch over her son and take him out for play date. Her heart came to a halt upon finding that her son had been brutally battered for losing one leg of his shoe.

Little Alex was with his potential step dad when he lost the shoe and an angry Marvyn beat him up as per African parent style. However, he took it overboard and did major damage to the little boy who was heard by witnesses saying "sorry" to the disciplinarian.

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The lost shoe which led to the eventual death of 5-year-old Malcolm is the justification for getting the beating of his life from Marvyn. After beating him up, Iheanacho lifted the body and headed to his girlfriend's instead of a hospital.

The terrified Lilya managed to call the police and Alex was rushed to the hospital. Time wasted however couldn't do much to save the little boy who passed two days later following bleeding in his brain.

Legit.ng earlier reported how man celebrated four birthdays in the walls of a prison cell.

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Source: Legit.ng