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The Klawer man who allegedly killed and brutally mutilated a young boy, is set to know his fate today.
Daniel Smit’s trial wrapped up in the High court sitting in Vredendal last week.
Smit is accused of murdering 13-year-old Jerobejin van Wyk in Klawer in February 2022, after the boy allegedly took fruit from one of the trees on his property.
Harrowing details of how he had killed the boy in an occult-fuelled rage, emerged in court.
Smit pleaded guilty to five charges – among them murder, kidnapping and violating a corpse.
Chairperson of Parliament’s Police Portfolio Committee, Ian Cameron, says the court needs to throw the book at Smit …..
