My newborn was snatched from her cot by a stranger who wanted a baby – I only popped to the shower for a minute

CUDDLING her five-day old daughter Nadine, Elsje Pretorius felt a huge rush of love. 

“I couldn’t stop looking at her,” says Elsje, 51. “With her huge eyes and dark hair, she was just so beautiful.”

Elsje – pictured when she was excitedly waiting for her girl’s arrival unaware of the horror that was about to unfold The newborn was still in hospital when she was snatched from the cot beside her mum’s bed

But within hours that peace would be shattered, plunging Elsje...