No Redemption: SA Court Sentences Mother Who Trafficked Her Daughter to Life Imprisonment
18:51 30.05.2025 (Updated: 19:24 30.05.2025)
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No Redemption: SA Court Sentences Mother Who Trafficked Her Daughter to Life Imprisonment
In a harrowing case that has gripped South Africa, the Western Cape High Court sentenced Kelly Smith and two accomplices for kidnapping and trafficking then six-year-old Joshlin Smith.
The girl vanished in 2024 and has not been found. During the trial, a witness said Kelly Smith admitted selling her daughter to a traditional healer for 20,000 rand ($1,100), wanted for her "eyes and skin."
"There is nothing that I can find that is redeeming or deserving of a lesser sentence," Judge Nathan Charles Erasmus stated, declaring the verdict.
The judge also condemned Kelly Smith's manipulation during the trial and lack of remorse. A sentence of imprisonment "is the only option here," he added, despite the convicts' claims of drug influence.
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