Bradley Trussell found guilty of murdering his partner Eden Kennett following Supreme Court trial

A violent boyfriend who left his partner covered head to toe in bruises and with fatal internal injuries has been found guilty of murder.

A violent boyfriend who left his victim covered in bruises, suffering broken ribs and with fatal internal injuries has been found guilty of murder.

Bradley Wayne Trussell, 30, pleaded not guilty to murdering his partner Eden Kennett, 25, and stood trial in the Supreme Court.

On Friday, after months of considering her verdict, Justice Anne Bampton found Trussell guilty of intentionally causing fatal injuries to Ms Kennett.

Outside court Ms Kennett’s mother Tammy Simpson said justice had been served for her daughter.

“We need more outcomes like this for the victims of family and domestic violence,” she said.

“It needs to stop. It shouldn’t be happening.

“I hope that all the other families who go through this have outcomes like this, we all deserve justice.”

Ms Kennett, 25, was declared brain dead on December 14, 2018, a day after Trussell dropped her at hospital in Mt Gambier unconscious, bruised from head-to-toe and frothing at the mouth.

Ms Kennett suffered a fatal injury to her liver caused by blunt force trauma and also had head trauma, fractured ribs and more than 40 bruises.

Tammy Simpson, the mother of murder victim Eden Kennett, speaks to media outside court while holding a picture of her daughter. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Morgan Sette

Bradley Wayne Trussell has been found guilty of the murder of Eden Kennett at Mt Gambier.

The trial began before Justice Bampton in Mount Gambier before she heard closing submissions in Adelaide.

Opening the trial, prosecutor Michael Foundas said the death was a “tragic case of domestic violence”.

He said blood and chunks of hair matching the victim’s DNA and a “long stick pole” were found at the Mt Gambier house the couple shared.

Trussell gave evidence during the trial that he had pushed Ms Kennett into a fridge and she had fallen to the ground having a seizure.

But he argued he had not intended to cause the injuries which would eventually lead to her death.

Eden Kennett was killed by her partner, Bradley Wayne Trussell.

Eden’s mother, Tammy Simpson, at a protest for domestic violence victims at Parliament House. Picture: AAP/Mark Brake

He said Ms Kennett had been grabbing him and trying to stop him from leaving the house and he “just wanted to get away from her” so he pushed her forcefully in the back with both hands.

Trussell told the court Ms Kennett had feigned seizures during their two-year relationship to escape arguments and he had lit a cigarette and sat down on the couch while she convulsed in the kitchen.

“If I thought she was having a genuine seizure I would have gone to her a lot quicker,” he said.

Trussell remained impassive as the verdict was read before a court, which included members of Ms Kennett’s family and Major Crime detectives.

He will next face court in November for sentencing submissions.

He faces a mandatory life sentence for murder with only his non-parole period still to be set.