Czech national Marek Holub was ordered to serve a minimum term of 20 years for the murder of Santino Balaz, who died on New Year's Day after being attacked in Birmingham.
Detectives believe Santino, born in Bilina in the Czech Republic and brought to England by his mother in June last year, was assaulted on at least three occasions between November and the date of his death.
Holub, 27, and his partner Tereza Lackova, 20, claimed Santino was injured by ghosts haunting their flat, but changed their pleas to guilty part-way through a trial at Leicester Crown Court.
Lackova, Santino's half-sister, was jailed for five years after admitting allowing the death of a child and neglect.
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