Joshlin Smith’s mother, Kelly, imprisoned for kidnapping and selling her in South Africa

A South African woman convicted of kidnapping and acting her six-year-old daughter was convicted of life in prison, together with her two henchmen.

The prison sentence for Racquel “Kelly” Smith, her friend Jacquen Appollis and their friend Steveno van Rhyn’s come more than a year after Joshlin Smith mysteriously disappeared outside of her house in Saldanha Bay, near Cape Town.

Despite a highly published search for the girl, who disappeared in February 2024, she still has to be found.

The conviction follows one six -week test That fascinated South Africa, with witnesses and public prosecutors who did a number of shocking allegations.