Black Country couple jailed for life for murder of three-year-old
Two days before Ryan's death, Miss Hancox tried to batter down the door to Boleyn's home to see her son for what would have been the last time while he was alive.
But Boleyn, who like her boyfriend was addicted to cannabis and alcohol, refused to let the mother in as Ryan's face and body was covered in bruising.
Jailing the couple, the judge said: "It's clear to me that you (Boleyn) and your defendant were incapable of looking after yourselves, let alone a child.
"There were bruises to his skull, which had been inflicted by up to 10 individual blows. There were marks on his legs and grazes to his face. He had been grabbed forcibly around the jaw and slapped and punched.
"These were not in isolation. There were further assaults to his lower back and buttocks on which there was extensive bruising.
"It really was a case where the jury saw injuries from top to toe. He (Ryan) would have suffered emotionally and physically and he would have needed comfort but you mocked him."
The judge added: "You were unable to keep your own lives under control without smoking cannabis and alcohol and you took your petty grievances out on this boy because you regarded him as hyper-active and out of control."
Social workers were aware Boleyn had problems after she left school at the age of 12 to care for her younger siblings.
Frances Oldham QC, representing Boleyn, read a probation officer's report to the court. In it, the officer said: "I believe Miss Boleyn is vulnerable and in need of assistance. She has very few supportive relationships in her life and as a result is very isolated."
Wolverhamton City Council said it expected to publish the findings of its serious case review this autumn.
Detective Constable Keith Langdon, a family liaison officer, issued a statement on behalf of Ryan's family.
The officer said: "Ryan died on Christmas Eve 2008 because of what Christopher Taylor and Kayley Boleyn did to him.
"They deprived Ryan of his life and so they should be deprived of their freedom. We do not believe that they should ever be released and that life should mean life.
"We think about Ryan every day and we realise that nothing will bring him back.
"We hope that Christopher Taylor and Kayleigh Boleyn will think about what they have done for the rest of their lives in the same way that we think about losing him."
