Joshlin Smith trial: Mother Kelly convicted of kidnapping daughter in South Africa

Joshlin Smith's disappearance last year sent shockwaves across South Africa. She is yet to be found.

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Kelly Smith, her boyfriend Jacquen Appollis and their friend Steveno van Rhyn were arrested after Smith's daughter, Joshlin, went missing from outside her home in Saldanha Bay, near Cape Town, in February last year.

Appollis and Van Rhyn were also found guilty on Friday of kidnapping and trafficking Joshlin. All three had previously pleaded not guilty to to these charges.

Joshlin's disappearance sent shockwaves across South Africa and despite a highly publicised search for her, she is yet to be found.

During the trial, held in March, prosecutors accused Smith of having "sold, delivered or exchanged" Joshlin and then lied about her disappearance.