WATCH LIVE: Court delivers sentence in Joshlin Smith case
Today, the court is expected to deliver judgment on the accused in the Joshlin Smith case, which has drawn national attention after little Joshlin vanished without a trace.
Over a year after young Joshlin Smith went missing, the court will finally hand down judgment on the three accused.
Joshlin's mother, Racquel 'Kelly' Smith, and her co-accused, Jacquen 'Boeta' Appollis and Van Rhyn, have all been found guilty by Judge Nathan Erasmus on two counts.
On count 1, he found them guilty of trafficking in persons. They were also found guilty of kidnapping, count 2.
The country eagerly awaits the sentencing of the accused in this case that got a lot of attention in the media and on social media.
In the mean time, people still have not received the answer they were looking for, where is young Joshlin Smith?
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