Accused in Joshlin Smith disappearance expected back in court
The little girl's mother, Kelly Smith, and three others are due back in the dock on Monday morning.
FILE: Missing six-year-old Joshlin Smith’s mother, Kelly, in the Vredenburg Magistrates court on 15 July 2024. Picture: Kayleen Morgan/Eyewitness News
CAPE TOWN - The kidnapping and human trafficking case related to the disappearance of six-year-old Joshlin Smith in Saldanha Bay in set to continue in the Vredenburg Magistrates Court in the Western Cape on Monday.
Joshlin has been missing for eight months after disappearing from her Middelpos home in Saldanha Bay in February.
The little girl's mother, Kelly Smith, and three others are due back in the dock on Monday morning.
When Kelly Smith, her boyfriend, Jacquen Appolis, Stevano van Rhyn and Lourencia Lombaard last appeared in court, the State asked for more time to wrap up its case.
This after investigators found new evidence related to Joshlin's disappearance, prompting the State to seek a postponement for further investigation.
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has refused to divulge the nature of the new evidence.
With the State ready for trial, the matter will be transferred to the Western Cape High Court on Monday.