Carrying a clear plastic bag of his belongings,he remained silent as he passed through a pack of waiting media.
Nikki was found dead in the roof cavity of her home on August 25 last year.
Mr Torney admitted hiding the child's body in the roof but said it was her mother,his ex-partner Peta-Ann Francis,who had killed her.
A pathologist told the trial that Nikki had been bashed to death and suffered horrific internal injuries.