Man who claims he slept while girlfriend beat 3-year-old to death sentenced to 18 years to life
Lemar Martin (l.) was sentenced to 18-years-to-life in the horrific beating that his girlfriend, Nymeen Cheatham, inflicted on 3-year-old Kyle Smith (r.) in 2008.
An unrepentant Housing Authority security guard who claimed he slept through the horrific beating of a 3-year-old boy got 18 years to life in prison Thursday.
That means Lemar Martin, 27, will likely serve more time than the woman
who actually beat Kyle Smith to death in 2008 while they were caring for the boy.
“The only crime I’m guilty of is sleeping too hard. I loved Kyle,” Martin said at his sentencing.
“I am innocent of the charges I have been convicted of and will continue to fight to prove my innocence. May God’s will be done.”
Martin’s girlfriend, Nymeen Cheatham, pleaded guilty to manslaughter in exchange for a 20-year sentence. He went to trial, was convicted of murder and got life.
Jurors who saw brutal autopsy pictures couldn’t believe Martin actually slept through the beating.
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