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Tatiana died inside her Sydney apartment after calling 000. Her ex has been found guilty of murder.

Content warning: This story includes mentions domestic violence and may be distressing to some readers.

Tatiana Dokhotaru was found dead inside a Sydney apartment on May 27, 2023, nearly 24 hours after police received a triple zero call from an anonymous woman stating someone was "trying to kill me."

Today, Dokhotaru's former partner, Danny Zayat, was found guilty of murdering the 34-year-old. The jury reached its verdict after sitting through a 14-day NSW Supreme Court trial and 18 hours of deliberations, the Sydney Morning Herald reports.

The verdict was reached by majority direction, with 11 of the 12 jury members finding the defendant guilty.

The court was told that between 10.35pm and 11.40pm, Zayat, 30, killed Dokhotaru inside the unit by either striking her head one or more times, or through a combination of blows and head trauma from a fall.

It comes more than two years after police were called to an apartment block in Liverpool, Western Sydney, around 11.45pm.

Authorities had been called to the scene following reports of a domestic dispute via an anonymous phone call received on May 26, 2023.

The distressed caller did not specify an address.

It was Dokhotaru who made the 89-second call to triple zero shortly before her death, the jury was told.

"Yes, hi. My ex-boyfriend's here and he's trying to kill me," she told the operator before the call was cut off.

Police allege the call ended abruptly when Dokhotaru's phone was hurled out of the apartment window.

Officers arrived at the unit block around 3am on Saturday morning, but were unable to find the apartment where the incident had occurred.

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At about 8pm on Saturday night, police were called back to the Liverpool unit block, where Dokhotaru was found dead.

According to 9News, the 34-year-old was found with severe head injuries. A young child was also present at the scene when officers arrived.

Dokhotaru's then 28-year-old estranged partner, Zayat was arrested and charged with her murder, following a three-month investigation.

He was refused bail ahead of a court appearance in Penrith.

The pair were in a relationship for five years, a court heard in June 2023. Dokhotaru took out an apprehended violence order against Zayat in May 2022.

Zayat denied physically abusing Dokhotaru during their relationship, telling police she had been "off her head on drugs" days before her death when she "smashed her head" on the kitchen bench.

His lawyer said the 30-year-old was "extremely distressed" when he found his ex's body the day after her death, crying as he did chest compressions while on the phone to triple zero.

Zayat had pleaded not guilty to both charges.

Dokhotaru was one of 74 women to be allegedly killed by violence in Australia in 2023, according to Sherele Moody's Femicide map.

- With AAP.

If this has raised any issues for you, or if you just feel like you need to speak to someone, please call 1800 RESPECT (1800 737 732) – the national sexual assault, domestic and family violence counselling service.

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