Tammy and Kevin Goforth convicted in death of 4-year-old girl, harm of girl's sister

A jury in Saskatchewanhas found Tammy Goforth guilty of second-degree murder in the death of a four-year-old girl entrusted to her care in 2012.

Her partner, KevinGoforth, wasfound not guilty of second-degree murder, but guilty of manslaughter in the girl's death.

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The 12-member jury's verdict came in just before 3 p.m. CST Saturday, more than 24 hours after deliberations started.

The couple was also found guilty ofcausing bodily harm to the girl'stwo-year-old sister who was also in their care.

Tammy Goforthcriesafter verdict

Kevin Goforth,wearing a grey shirt and ablack tie with a pattern,sat in the packed courtroomwith hishands folded in front of his waist,looking towards his family.Tammy Goforthsat beside him, wearing abuttoned-down purple shirt.

Upon hearing the verdicts, supporters of the mother of the four-year-oldgirl clapped, while supporters of the Goforths sat silently. Justice Ellen Gunn was forced to tell the gallery to be quiet.

Afterhearing her guilty verdict, Tammy Goforth broke down and began crying, while her partner tried to console her.

Her convictionmeans a sentence of life imprisonment, with a chance of parole in 10 to 25 years, as set by the judge after possible jury recommendations.

The jury doesn't needto make a recommendation on the length of sentence.If it does, thejudge will take the recommendationinto account.

The defence requested a poll of the jury to learnhow many of the 12 came to the guilty verdicts.

All jurymembers were in agreement that Tammy Goforthwasguilty of second-degree murder and Kevin Goforth guilty of manslaughter. There was also unanimous agreement for the causing bodily harm charge.

Emergency hospital trip and initial charges in 2012

The murder charges for the Goforths stem from incidents in the summer of 2012.

The couple rushed the four-year-old girl to a Regina hospital in July of that year.

She arrived in hospital malnourished, dehydrated and injured. She received a brain injury as a result of a heart attack, and was taken off life support two days later, on Aug. 2.

Hours after the Goforths took thefour-year-old to hospital, Regina policewent to Tammy's mother's home and picked up the girl'syounger sister, who was also taken to hospital and treated for malnutrition, dehydrationand injuries. The two-year-old survived.

Both girls were placed in the couple's care in November 2011.

Tammy and Kevin Goforthwere initially charged with criminal negligence causing bodily harm when the girls were taken to the hospital.

New charges of manslaughterwere laidafterthe older girl died.

In January2014, Saskatchewan justice officialsstepped in to lay the more serious charges of second-degree murder in the oldergirl's death, and unlawfully causing bodily harm to the two-year-old.

The province's Deputy Attorney General and Deputy Minister of Justice, KevinFenwick,said thatofficials decided to upgrade the charges after a preliminary inquiry showed they were more appropriate.