Killer ‘beat, kicked and stabbed girlfriend’s dad’

A boyfriend beat his girlfriend’s father to death because he blamed him for her child being taken away, a court heard. Daniel Benitez, 33, allegedly punched and kicked John Davies, then 53, and stabbed him in the abdomen in Claremont Close, Streatham, southwest London, on 13 May 2016. Mr Davies suffered a severe head injury and could barely move until he died three years later on 1 April 2019. Benitez was in a ‘volatile’ relationship with Mr Davies’ daughter Stephanie…