Father of Tanilla Warrick Deaves thanks jury after Warren Ross is found guilty of toddler's murder Warren Ross guilty of toddler's murder A scuffle outside court after 30 year old Warren James Ross was found guilty of killing Tanilla Warrick-Deaves at her Watanobbi home on the NSW central coast in August 2011. PT3M25S http://www.smh.com.au/action/externalEmbeddedPlayer?id=d-2yth8 620 349 December 5, 2013 - 5:27PM Outside the NSW Supreme Court, Adrian Warrick rolled up his shirt sleeve to reveal the name "Tanilla" tattooed in large writing on his arm. Tanilla would have been five two days ago. Justice has been done. I thank [the jury] for making the right decision," Mr Warrick said. Moments earlier, Warren James Ross, 30, was found guilty of Tanilla Warrick-Deaves' murder at her Watanobbi home on the central coast in August 2011. Fatal blow to the head: Tanilla Warrick-Deaves. Ross, who had pleaded not guilty to murder, had relentlessly beat the two-year-old girl into unconsciousness, the court heard. The Crown alleged Ross abused the toddler in the weeks before her death as he tried to toilet-train her, forcing her to run laps, whipping her with various implements and hitting her. The abuse culminated in Ross striking the child repeatedly, banging her head on a glass shower screen, holding her over the toilet and causing her to bash her head on a cupboard door. She lay unconscious in a pram for two days until she stopped breathing. Despite six weeks of harrowing evidence, including testimony from his former partner, Tanilla's mother, Donna Deaves, Ross remained defiant after the verdict. "It's not over," he yelled from the dock. His mother, Sue Patterson, wept and told her son, "I love you." Ross called out, "It's all right mum." He also pointed and made threats at a man sitting next to his mother and used offensive language towards members of the media. Ross eventually broke down in tears as the jury left court. Some of the jurors were visibly upset during the six-week trial and verdict and Justice Stephen Rothman encouraged them to avail themselves of counselling if they felt traumatised by the case. Mr Warrick said he did not believe Ross had accepted what he had done and called for him to be given a "life sentence." Never to be released. That's what my daughter deserves. Any child does. For what she had to go through ... such a person doesn't deserve to see the light of day in my eyes. Mr Warrick's partner, Brooke Bowen, said they had struggled to sit through the trial and listen to what Ross did to the "beautiful little girl." "All she did was smile and be happy and play," Ms Bowen, who has the words "Justice for Tanilla" tattooed on her arm, said. People talk about closure but there's no such thing as closure. Today was a bit of acceptance of that she's never coming back. Deaves, who was jailed for at least nine years for her daughter's manslaughter, told the jury she watched Ross relentlessly beat Tanilla and was unable to stop it. In his closing submissions, Crown prosecutor Eric Balodis urged the jury to accept Deaves' evidence, despite her being a neglectful mother and the fact she had received a reduction in sentence for giving evidence against Ross. Defence barrister Sarah McNaughton, SC, said Deaves was not a credible witness and her story could not be believed. Ross will be sentenced at a later date.