"I don't care which people I have to face in order to get my grandchild"- Joshlin Smith's grandmother devastated that Kelly continues to withhold whereabouts of 6-year-old

Published May 29, 2025, 12:51 PM

The Western Cape High Court, sitting in Saldanha Bay, has sentenced all three people convicted in the disappearance of six-year-old Joshlin Smith, to life inprisonment for human trafficking and an additional ten years for kidnapping. The sentences of the girl's mother, Kelly Smith, Jacqueen Appollis and Steveno van Rhyn will run concurrently. Here is what Judge Nathan Erasmus said in handing down the sentences earlier today. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to the mother of Kelly Smith, Amanda Smith