Two parents were found guilty of killing their baby daughter yesterday in a unanimous Supreme Court jury decision.

The court fell silent as the verdicts were read - separately - convicting Dr. Amenemhat Waset Amen-Ra Tamerry, 48, and his wife Maatkai Hatsheput Tamerry, 36, of manslaughter.

The couple were formerly known as Dr. Clark Godwin and Regina Woods but had their names legally changed.

Both parents showed no initial reaction to the verdicts, which could send them to prison for life.

The father remained stoic throughout the trial while the mother often fell victim to her emotions in court - breaking into tears and even leaving the proceedings when they became too graphic in illustrating the illnesses which killed her child, ten-month-old A'Maya.

While initially appearing dazed by the verdict, the mother later broke down in the courtroom and had to be helped away with her husband's support.

A ten-woman, two-man jury convicted the Tamerrys after four hours and 35 minutes of deliberation They were remanded in custody until mention on August 2, when social and psychological reports are expected to be completed.

Over the course of the trial, the jury heard A'Maya was severely malnourished throughout much of her short life and that the parents had been warned by medical professionals that her health was in danger.

The medical evidence was often disturbing and Mrs. Tamerry even left the courtroom for the bulk of the testimony from forensic pathologist Dr. John Obafunwa.

While normally reserved, her husband launched a verbal attack on Director of Public Prosecutions Kalundra Ratneser on Monday when autopsy pictures of the baby were shown to a witness - his sister-in-law - which upset her to the point she almost fainted in the witness box.

"This is wrong, wrong," he said after the jury left the room to allow the witness to compose herself. “I am going to get you”, he said to Mr. Ratneser.

Mr. Ratneser made an application to have Tamerry's bail revoked but defence lawyer Mark Pettingill argued he had misheard the defendant.

The Tamerrys apologised to Mr. Ratneser and the court, and Chief Justice Richard Ground elected not to act on the outburst saying: “I recognise emotions run high in this case.”

Before leaving to deliberate yesterday, the jury was instructed that if they found the parents not guilty of manslaughter they could deliver a guilty verdict on a lesser charge - failure to provide the necessities of life.

However, the jury convicted based on evidence throughout the trial that the baby was severely underweight, blind, and suffered from a slew of malnutrition related illnesses before her death.

Dr. John Obafunwa testified that the cause of death was pneumonia in both lungs, disturbance of chemical composition of the blood, protein calorie malnutrition and neglect - which he described as a medical diagnosis - severe anaemia, red cells severely depleted and failure to thrive.

A'Maya's mother offered testimony in the trial while the father elected not to enter the witness box.

Mrs. Tamerry claimed that her daughter had seemed healthy up until two days before her death and claimed that Dr. Obafunwa had tailored his evidence to suit the Police.

But summing up the case yesterday for the jury, Mr. Justice Ground pointed out a few contradictions in the mother's evidence.

He said that while mother said in her Police statement that she exclusively fed A'Maya breast milk, during her testimony she admitted to feeding her daughter mashed up vegetables, fruit, water, sea moss, and breast milk.

He also pointed out that the mother denied to Police that paediatrician Dr. Alexander Barron told her that A'Maya would die if she failed to gain weight.

On the stand, however, the mother said that Dr. Barron had warned that their daughter could die if she did not gain weight - adding she and her husband did not agree with Dr. Barron.

Mr. Justice Ground told the jury that they had to decide if the mother should have done something about that.

The jury left the courtroom at 9.55 a.m. to begin deliberating.

At 12.17 p.m. they returned to ask Mr. Justice Ground a question about the law regarding gross negligence. They emerged from the jury room at 2.30 p.m. with their decision - guilty of manslaughter for both parents.

After the verdicts, Mr. Pettingill requested bail for the mother, noting her poor physical and mental health.

The trial had to be halted last week when Mrs. Tamerry was hospitalised after complaining that she was weak, dizzy had experienced chest pain and had no appetite.

She was later found to be suffering from a slight fever, anaemia, low blood pressure, goiters in her neck from enlarged thyroid glands and overactive thyroid. She had to be treated by blood transfusion.

Yesterday, Mr. Ratneser objected to bail saying: “The conviction of manslaughter constitutes a very serious offence.”

He said it may be to the mother's benefit to be remanded in custody where she can be “cared for adequately and properly”.

“We have already seen from her, in my submission, that she has not been taking care of herself,” he said.

Mr. Justice Ground agreed with Mr. Ratneser that the mother would be better off in custody.

Mr. Pettingill said he would not be appealing as “there did not appear to be any matters of law that would warrant or justify an appeal”.

Mr. Ratneser did not wish to comment on the verdict.

The court was filled with family members, Police officers and many court employees as the verdicts were handed down.

Many wept as the Tamerrys were taken to the processing room.

A'Maya's mother, in tears, took a few moments to rise from her chair and clung to her husband.

He helped her to her feet and held her up as the two slowly walked out of the courtroom surrounded by Police officers.

The father will await sentencing in Westgate while the mother will be held in the Co-Ed Facility at Ferry Reach.