'Wicked and controlling' stepfather who murdered five-year-old boy by kicking him so hard he ruptured his abdomen is jailed for life

A 'wicked and controlling' man who murdered his 'fun-loving, mischievous' stepson has today been ordered to serve at least 17 years in prison.

Elvis Lee, 34, was yesterday found guilty of murdering Tyler Whelan, five. Lee admitted he kicked and bit Tyler on the day of his death but denied murder. The boy's mother, Stephanie Whelan, 27, has been found guilty of failing to prevent his death and is due to be sentenced next month.

The kick was so hard that Tyler flew two feet through the air hitting a door at his home in Paston, near Peterborough, rupturing his abdomen and slowly killing him.

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