Long-awaited testimony of accused-turned-State-witness begins in Joshlin Smith case

Mom sold Joslin Smith for R20k, says state witness

The mother of Joslin Smith – Kelly Smith – is accused of selling her child for R20 000 to a sangoma. This bombshell allegation was made by a former accused turned state witness, Lourentia Lombaard. Charges were withdrawn against Lombaard, who has been granted provisional indemnity from criminal prosecution as a Section 204 witness. Kelly, her boyfriend Jacquin “Boeta,” and her friend Steveno Van Rhyn have pleaded not guilty to child kidnapping a…

Joshlin Smith: Kelly allegedly planned for 'people' to fetch her

Lombaard recalled that Smith told her boyfriend that Joshlin should be ready at 2PM. She said "the people" were fetching her.

Joshlin Smith kidnapping trial continues

The kidnapping and human trafficking trial of three accused in the disappearance of five-year-old Joshlin Smith is continuing on Friday in the Western Cape High Court sitting in Saldanha Bay.

Editorial | Joslin: Is the state at fault too? – The Mail & Guardian

Testimony this week suggests that Joslin Smith should have been taken into state care long before she went missing on 19 February last year, when she was six. The child’s mother, Kelly Smith, her partner Jacquen Appollis, and their friend Steveno van Rhyn have been charged with the kidnapping and human trafficking of the child. All three have pleaded not guilty. Last year, charges were withdrawn against the fourth accused, Lourentia Lombard, who…

Long-awaited testimony of accused-turned-State-witness begins in Joshlin Smith case

R20 000 for little Joshlin Smith. This is what Kelly Smith was paid for her blonde daughter, according to Lourentia (Rens) Lombaard.