Kelly Smith's home burnt to the ground hours after conviction

Kelly Smith's home torched after guilty verdict over disappearance of Joshlin

The shack where Kelly Smith, her three children and boyfriend Jacquin ‘Boeta’ Appollis lived in the Middelpos informal settlement was burnt down on Friday in Saldanha Bay.

Kelly Smith's home burnt to the ground hours after conviction

The home where missing Joshlin Smith once lived has been burnt to the ground just hours after Judge Nathan Erasmus convicted her mother, Racquel "Kelly" Smith, her partner, Jacquen "Boeta" Appollis, and their friend, Steveno van Rhyn, of kidnapping and trafficking in the Western Cape High Court on Friday.

Joslin Smith's home set alight after her mom's guilty verdict

Western Cape police have confirmed that they registered a case of arson for investigation after Joslin Smith’s home in Middelpos was destroyed in a fire on Friday night.  The incident came just hours after Kelly and  her boyfriend Jacquen ‘Boeta’ Appollis and their friend Steveno van Rhyn were found guilty of kidnapping and human trafficking over the little girl’s disappearance.  JOSLIN SMITH’S HOME DESTROYED BY FIRE  The South African previousl…

Kelly Smith's home burnt to the ground following kidnapping and trafficking conviction

Suspect arrested after Kelly Smith's house burned to the ground

The house of convicted kidnapper and human trafficker Kelly Smith has been burned down.

A few hours after Kelly Smith, Jacquin (Boeta) Appollis and Steveno van Rhyn were found guilty of human trafficking and kidnapping in the Joshlin Smith case, the house in which Kelly and Joshlin lived in the Middelpos informal settlement was burned to the ground.