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A South African woman has been sentenced to life in prison after allegedly trafficking her 6-year-old daughter, Joshlin Smith ...
The NPA has confirmed that Kelly Smith, Steveno van Rhyn, and Jacquin Appollis have filed applications for leave to appeal ...
The National Prosecuting Authority confirmed that it was still waiting for a date for Lourencia Lombaard's hearing to be held ...
The National Prosecuting Authority prosecutor Zelda Swanepoel said that the NPA believed Joslin Smith was still alive after ...
Smith, Appollis and van Rhyn all face a possibility of life in prison, according to the BBC. If you suspect child abuse, call the Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline at 1-800-4-A-Child or 1-800 ...
The 35-year-old mother of three was convicted and sentenced along with her boyfriend Jacquen Appollis and their friend Steveno van Rhyn. Even the court interpreter could not hold back her tears as she ...
WESTERN CAPE - Steveno van Rhyn has been described as a menace to society who showed no remorse for Joslin Smith. That’s according to Errol Peterson, a social worker who conducted probation ...
A mum has been jailed for selling her 6-year-old daughter to a “traditional healer” in a bid to fund her drug habit. Warning: Distressing. A mum who sold her six-year-old daughter so her skin and eyes ...
Smith, her boyfriend Jacquin Appollis and their friend Steveno van Rhyn face life in prison and the judge said sentencing hearings will begin next week. After the guilty verdict was read, ...
Jacquen Apollis and Steveno Van Rhyn, two accomplices of Kelly Smith, the mother of Joshlin Smith, listen during their sentencing hearing at the Western Cape High Court in Saldanha Bay, South ...
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 town in the ...
Steveno van Rhyn takes the stand in the Joshlin Smith trial, recounting a harrowing tale of alleged kidnapping and assault by men he believed to be police officers, as the court seeks to determine ...