Social worker expected to testify in mitigation and aggravation of sentence when Joshlin Smith kidnapping case resumes

The Joshlin Smith kidnapping case has been postponed to the 23rd of this month, when it will be transferred from the Western Cape High Court to Saldanha Bay for mitigation and aggravation of sentence. Sentencing procedures will begin on the 27th of this month. Judge Nathan Erasmus made the announcement this morning in the High Court, where the girl's mother Kelly Smith and co-accused appeared. Last week Smith, Jacquen Appollis and Steveno van Rhyn were found guilty on both charges of kidnapping and human trafficking. The six-year-old girl went missing from her home in Saldanha Bay in February last year. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to SABC News Reporter, Andile Mbanjwa.