BBC News Published image captionJacob Marshall was a "happy little boy", his mother said A man who murdered his girlfriend's toddler when she went to the hairdressers has been jailed for a minimum of 19 years. Jacob Marshall suffered injuries to his body and a fatal head injury at his home in Speke in July 2019. Jonathan Simpson was convicted of murder at Liverpool Crown Court but has kept how Jacob died a "murky secret". Emma Marshall said she would regret leaving her 22-month-old son with Simpson, 25, for the "rest of my life". Jacob had suffered a "catalogue of injuries" and was taken to hospital after emergency services were called to Belsford Way on 12 July.