May 29 (UPI) -- A South African mother who sold her 6-year-old daughter was sentenced to life in prison on Thursday.
Racquel "Kelly" Smith was sentenced to life in prison for trafficking her daughter, Joshlin, and 10 years in prison for kidnapping her.
Smith's boyfriend Jacquen Appollis, and their friend Steveno van Rhyn were also handed the same sentences.
"There is nothing that I can find that is redeeming and deserving of a lesser sentence than the harshest I can impose," Judge Nathan Erasmus said in court.
Joshlin vanished Feb. 19, 2024, from the town of Middelpos in South Africa's Western Cape. She has still not been found.
