Mother who watched her daughter, 2, being whipped, tortured and killed by her vile boyfriend could WALK FREE from prison
A MOTHER who watched as her boyfriend whip and kill her infant daughter could walk free from jail as early as next year.
Donna Deaves was convicted of manslaughter after failing to act as Warren James Ross, 30, beat two-year-old Tanilla Warrick-Deaves to death in 2011.
It later emerged that Family and Community Services in New South Wales, Australia received over 30 reports expressing concern for Tanilla’s safety prior to her death.
In 2013, Deaves was sentenced to 12 years in jail, while Ross was sentenced to 40 years for murder.
During Ross’s trial, the court heard that Deaves sat and watched while Ross whipped and tortured the two-year-old, and that Ross would tell Deaves he could make Tanilla scream.
Justice Stephen Rothman said Ross was frustrated that Tanilla was not toilet-trained, and would punish her by holding her under cold water and telling her: “You don’t shit in my house – you are an animal.”
He also banged her head against shower screen, made her run laps of the living room, and kicked her across the floor, causing her to hit her head on a linen cupboard.
After one beating, the couple left the injured child in a pram, unconscious and covered by a blanket, for two days before she died of head injuries.
Deaves sentence carried a non-parole period of nine years, and she could now be freed before the end of 2020.
Tanilla’s stepmother, Brooke Bowen, told Australian news show A Current Affair that Deaves should not be granted parole.
“She don’t deserve to get out,” she said.
“Tanilla is never coming home, ever, why should she get to come home?”
Bowen has launched a petition calling for Deaves to be kept behind bars, and says she would ask the parole board to consider the last days of Tanilla’s life before reaching a decision.
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“She was just so tiny and full of life.
“What she would have went through those last couple of days of her life hoping that her mum would save her or someone would come along and save her, but they didn’t.”
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