Baby Daniel case ‘was sadistic torture’

03 April 2019 - 08:06
By Nico Gous
A mother was found guilty of child neglect and her boyfriend murder after the gruesome death of
Image: 123RF/Artit Oubkaew A mother was found guilty of child neglect and her boyfriend murder after the gruesome death of "Baby Daniel" in Johannesburg. File photo.

“Baffling” and “unclarifiable”.

That is how social worker Lizette Botes described the contrast in the description that a woman gave about her ex-boyfriend, who killed her three-year-old son, who has become known as Baby Daniel.

The mother previously described Naidoo as a “good father” who never hurt her or his own children. But during the trial and the pre-sentencing report on Tuesday, Botes read out her report, which painted a picture of Naidoo as an abuser who even allegedly forced Daniel to eat his own faeces.