Joshlin Smith disappearance: South African mother goes on trial for kidnapping

Joshlin Smith has been missing for over a year after she disappeared outside her home in Saldanha Bay

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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.

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

All three have pleaded not guilty to charges of human trafficking and kidnapping.

Ms Smith initially said that Joshlin had gone missing after she left the young girl in Mr Appollis's care.

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