By Wale Odunsi Marvyn Iheanacho, a Nigerian, has been sentenced to life imprisonment for beating his five-year-old son to death in Britain. Iheanacho reportedly descended on the child for losing his shoe. The 39-year-old was found guilty of murder at Woolwich crown court in London on Tuesday. . police said the child had sustained a deadly brain injury and internal bruising on his stomach in the incident which happened on November 20, 2016. A post-mortem examination conducted on the boy later revealed the injuries had been caused by either a kick, stamp or punch. Witnesses said they had heard a male voice screaming about a lost shoe while a child fearfully apologised on the day sad incident occured. “Iheanacho was later seen talking on his phone while a child lay on his back on a bench next to him, a limp arm dangling down,” Reuters quoted police as saying. “Rather than taking the boy to a nearby hospital, only five-minutes’ walk away, Iheanacho took him home in a taxi, wher
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