Joshlin Smith | ‘You made our lives hell on earth,’ Kelly’s mother writes in statement

Joslin Smith's foster mom weeps in court: 'We love you so much'

Tears flowed on the second day of sentencing proceedings for the convicted traffickers of Joslin Smith, including from her mother, Kelly Smith. This, after a victim impact testimony from the woman who wanted to adopt the little girl, was read in court. In it, Natasha Andrews shared her heartbreak over the disappearance of Joslin, whom she loved and treated as her own child. Kelly, her co-accused, boyfriend Jacquin “Boeta” Apollis, and pal Steven…

Joshlin Smith sentencing: 'Kelly, you made our lives hell on earth,' says her mother

Sentencing proceedings of Joshlin Smith’s mother, Kelly Smith, and her co-accused, Jacquen Appollis and Van Rhyn, were emotionally charged.

Joshlin Smith | ‘You made our lives hell on earth,’ Kelly’s mother writes in statement

Kelly Smith’s mother uses victim impact statement to confront daughter about parenting, indifference – The Mail & Guardian

Kelly Smith sat hunched, her expression almost unreadable as her biological mother, Amanda Daniels, delivered a searing victim impact statement before the Cape Town high court on Wednesday.  When Smith raised her eyes, the shimmer of tears from a prior impact statement betrayed her attempts at a stoic composure.  The courtroom was silent as Daniels spoke of the pain and permanence of the loss she felt since Kelly’s middle child, her granddaughte…

Heartbreak in South Africa Over Missing Girl Sold by Mother - The Global Herald

A recent courtroom hearing in South Africa has stirred deep emotional responses following the tragic disappearance of six-year-old Joshlin Smith, who was

Kelly Smith weeps as Joslin Smith's grandmother blasts her in victim impact statements

Kelly Smith's mother's victim impact statement was read in the Western Cape High Court's sitting of her sentencing proceedings in Saldanha Bay on 28 May.