Racquel "Kelly" Smith and her two accomplices were sentenced to life in prison for trafficking her six-year-old daughter Joshlin Smith.
A South African woman convicted of kidnapping and trafficking her six-year-old daughter has been sentenced to life in prison, along with her two accomplices.
The jail terms for Racquel "Kelly" Smith, her boyfriend Jacquen Appollis and their friend Steveno van Rhyn came more than a year after Joshlin Smith mysteriously disappeared outside her home in Saldanha Bay, near Cape Town.
Despite a highly publicised search for the girl who vanished in February 2024, she is yet to be found.
South African prosecutors says she was sold into slavery, however, this was not proven during the trial.
It is believed that Smith, who was addicted to drugs, needed the money.
The sentencing follows an eight-week trial that captivated South Africa, with witnesses and prosecutors making a number of shocking allegations.
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