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WHEN RAGE BECOMES MURDER | The Daniel Smit Case
· 1 h 25 min
Episode WHEN RAGE BECOMES MURDER | The Daniel Smit Case
In 2022, a 13-year-old boy was murdered in Klawer after stealing fruit from a garden.
The man responsible, Daniel Hugo Smit, chased the child in his vehicle, abducted him, and killed him. Claims of occult influence and diminished responsibility were rejected by the court, which sentenced Smit to life imprisonment.
In this episode of Profiler Africa, Paul Llewellyn and forensic psychologist Gerard Labuschagne unpack:
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the psychology of rage-based violence
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entitlement and escalation
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why this was not a psychosis-driven crime
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how offenders rationalise extreme acts
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what this case teaches us about prevention
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