Updated at 4:45 p.m. to include the sentence.

A woman known for giving amateur butt injections was sentenced Wednesday to 60 years in prison for the murder of a woman who died during the procedure.

Denise Rochelle "Wee Wee" Ross, 45, was convicted of murder and practicing medicine without a license in the death of a former client, 34-year-old Wykesha Reid.

Ross, who had gained a following for giving women the "Wee Wee Booty," was also assessed a $10,000 fine. She could be eligible for parole in 30 years.

The sentence was more than prosecutors had asked for, and Ross' friends and family in the courtroom hollered when it was read. Many fell weeping into each other's arms. Bailiffs swarmed the packed courtroom and escorted them out.

One woman could be heard shouting from the hallway: "They did this to" themselves.

Prosecutors Summer Elmazi and Krystal Biggins said women hired Ross for the injections but had no idea what she put in the syringes.

Denise Ross

Ross often claimed the liquid was saline or hydrogel. Court records show she bought 3,746 pounds of industrial-grade silicone from a Grapevine business.

"She wasn't caulking a house. She wasn't remodeling a bathroom," Biggins said. "She was putting it in these women's bodies."

Biggins asked the jury to send a message that performing illegal procedures that put women's lives at risk is unacceptable.

"There's a demand for this. And sometimes, just as parents, you protect your children from themselves. We have to protect these women," she said. "The only way we can do that is to stop the supply."

Defense attorney Heath Harris argued that Ross couldn't be blamed for women's desire for larger backsides. He pointed to television, advertisements and radio — quoting a famous Sir Mix-a-Lot song — as the reason so many women turned to Ross for butt enhancements.

"You gonna penalize her for every butt shot that was given in the world?" he asked the jury. "Isn't it the media that makes women feel like they gotta look a certain way?"

Harris said the women who hired Ross to get bigger backsides knew there were risks.

"Everyone know when they go to the facility that it's illegal butt injections," he said.

Elmazi called Harris' arguments "asinine" and compared them to the claim that a "rape victim deserved it because she was wearing a short skirt."

Harris referred to Reid's death several times as a "tragic accident."

Her body was found Feb. 19, 2015, at a salon in the 3800 block of East Side Avenue, near Deep Ellum. Another person was also charged in her death. That case is set for trial in June.

Ross did not testify, but her friends described her as remorseful.

Wykesha Reid

Ross often stared ahead and seldom showed emotion during the weeklong trial. But when her friend Stacey Harris choked back tears on the witness stand Wednesday, Ross let out a sob. Tears streamed down her cheeks as other friends spoke about her.

"She would never, ever do anything to hurt anyone," Stacey Harris said.

But Reid's daughter, Keaira, described how her mother's death has hurt the family.

Keaira said she quit college after her mom died so she could take her teenage brothers to school. She also went from working part time to full time.

Keaira testified during the punishment phase of the trial, saying her family isn't the same without her mom. She doesn't enjoy holidays or birthdays as much as she once did.

"It makes me not want to celebrate sometimes," she said. "We always spent a lot of time together, so it's just not the same."