Man found guilty of murdering his new girlfriend’s two-year-old daughter after bashing her for weeks

Man, 25, is found guilty of murdering his girlfriend’s two-year-old daughter after bashing her for weeks – as it’s revealed the toddler had more than 100 bite marks, cigarette burns and bruises

  • Mohammed Khazma, 25, was found guilty of violently bashing a toddler to death 
  • Toddler turned ‘a brownish purple colour’ and vomited black liquid during abuse
  • Mother was originally charged with murder but pleaded guilty to manslaughter

A Sydney man has been found guilty of the brutal murder of his new girlfriend’s toddler after a jury rejected his claim that she was the culprit.

Mohammed Khazma, 25, had denied murdering the two-year-old girl in December 2016, as well as two counts of assault causing actual bodily harm.

Detectives alleged he burned the toddler with a cigarette lighter and slammed her head into a wall.

Mohammed Khazma, 25, (pictured) has been found guilty of the brutal murder of his girlfriend’s toddler after he tortured her for weeks in December 2016

On Monday, a NSW Supreme Court jury found Khazma guilty of the three offences, which occurred in a Sydney granny flat the couple and the girl had moved into weeks earlier.

The girl’s mother was originally charged with her murder but pleaded guilty to manslaughter on the basis she failed to remove the girl from Khazma’s alleged abuse, failed to protect her and failed to get medical help. 

The couple were caught on CCTV fleeing the apartment with the unconscious girl under a blanket.

The mother then drove to Khazma’s parents’ house, telling them that he had killed her baby, 7 News reports

She gave evidence that the majority of her disciplining involved sending her two children ‘in the corner for five minutes’.

The mother said her back was turned when Khazma slapped the two-year-old to the floor and she became unconscious.

Khazma (pictured) had told the jury he 'never laid a finger' on the girl, insisting her mother was the one who pinched, punched, hit and whipped her 

Khazma (pictured) had told the jury he ‘never laid a finger’ on the girl, insisting her mother was the one who pinched, punched, hit and whipped her 

The toddler turned ‘a brownish purple colour’ and vomited black liquid, she said.

The mother has already served her jail time. 

Khazma told the jury he ‘never laid a finger’ on the girl, insisting her mother was the one who pinched, punched, hit and whipped her.

He said he had wanted to report the girl’s abuse to police but ‘didn’t want to get (the mother) in trouble’.

Khazma and his girlfriend were captured on CCTV leaving with the unconscious toddler before the mother fled to Khazma's parents house, saying he had killed her baby

Khazma and his girlfriend were captured on CCTV leaving with the unconscious toddler before the mother fled to Khazma’s parents house, saying he had killed her baby

‘But at the same time, I didn’t want her doing what she was doing to the kid,’ he told the court in February.

He said he’d also seen the mother bite her daughter after a bottle was spilt in the car, hold her by the ankle so her head hit the floor, and whip her legs and feet with a phone charger cord.

A forensic pathologist gave evidence the toddler suffered more than 100 wounds, including about 28 human bite marks on her arms, legs and buttocks, cigarette burns, cuts and bruises.  

There was also ‘massive bleeding’ in her skull consistent with a traumatic injury.

The jury reached a verdict after just eight hours of deliberation.

Khazma is due to face a sentence hearing before Justice Elizabeth Fullerton on March 28.

Detectives alleged he burned the toddler with a cigarette lighter and slammed her head into a wall at their Sydney granny flat (pictured) they had  begun renting just weeks earlier 

Detectives alleged he burned the toddler with a cigarette lighter and slammed her head into a wall at their Sydney granny flat (pictured) they had  begun renting just weeks earlier 

 

  



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