A MELBOURNE man who killed his partner’s six-month-old baby has blown a kiss to family members as he was found guilty of murder.

Ice user Dwayne Lindsey, 34, murdered six-month-old Chayse Dearing while his mother Michelle went shopping in June 2016.

Camera Icon Dwayne Lindsey. Credit: Supplied, Victoria Police

Camera Icon Dwayne Lindsey leaves court today. Credit: News Corp Australia, Sarah Matray

Chayse suffered severe traumatic brain and spinal cord injuries, marks on his neck, bruising and abrasions on his groin and retinal bleeding.

Camera Icon Baby Chayse. Credit: Supplied

The jury returned its verdict in the Supreme Court of Victoria this afternoon after starting its deliberations on Thursday.

Speaking outside court, Ms Dearing’s foster mother Mariah Strahan said the trial had been difficult for family members to hear of how Chayse died.

She said she hoped Lindsey, who blew a kiss to her before he was escorted from court, would live “the rest of his days” in torture.