What happened to Baby Daniel is 'incomprehensible' - anti-abuse group

JOHANNESBURG - Activist group Women and Men Against Child Abuse has welcomed the hefty sentences handed down to the guardians of murdered Baby Daniel.“What happened to him that night we will never know, but all we do know is that kind of excruciating pain must only be met with the severest of sentences,” she said.

Nearly three years after the 3-year-old boy died, the High Court in Johannesburg on Wednesday sentenced his mother to an effective 20 years behind bars for child negligence. Her boyfriend was handed a life sentence for the young boy's murder and child abuse.Baby Daniel was tortured for most his young life and his body was found at his home in Naturena, south of Johannesburg, with severe bruises and extensive burns.

#BabyDanielSentencing [WATCH] A family member of Baby Daniel’s murderer take down banners of activist group women & men against child abuse outside High Court in JHB. TK pic.twitter.com/m3LIm15caO

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