Convicted fraudster Schabir Shaik has denied assaulting and verbally abusing a caddie at a golf course in Durban, The Star reported on Tuesday.

The police were called after a Papwa Sewgolum Golf Course caddie claimed Shaik beat him with a golf club, trampled him with spiked golf shoes and called him a ****** three weeks ago, The Mercury newspaper reported on Monday.

The unnamed caddie reportedly said he retaliated by calling Shaik a coolie.