May 31, 2025
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South African woman sentenced to life for selling six-year-old daughter

South African woman sentenced to life for selling six-year-old daughter

Kelly Smith and two others convicted over disappearance of Joshlin Smith, who the court heard was sold to traditional healer for ‘eyes and skin’

A South African woman and two accomplices were sentenced to life imprisonment on Thursday for trafficking her then six-year-old daughter, in a case that has gained international attention since the child went missing last year.

Kelly Smith, her boyfriend, Jacquen Appollis, and their friend Steveno van Rhyn were convicted of kidnapping and trafficking the girl, Joshlin Smith, after she disappeared from a small township in the Western Cape.

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