Justice for Baby Daniel: Murderer gets life

Three mothers cried uncontrollably in the South Gauteng High Court on Wednesday as Baby Daniel’s killer, who happened to be his mother’s boyfriend, was handed a life sentence on Wednesday for murder.

Broken bones, bruising, burn wounds to 60% of his body, head dunked first in buckets of water and being forced to eat his own faeces after he had soiled himself. These were some of the horrific ordeals the three-year-old boy had suffered.

One person whose grief could not be missed was Daniel’s mother, Maryke Cloete, who herself was handed a 20-year sentence.

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