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Joslin Smith’s mother, two co-accused plead not guilty at start of their trial

# Missing West Coast girl Joslin Smith’s mother and her two co-accused pleaded not guilty to kidnapping and human trafficking. The trial of Kelly Smith, her boyfriend, Jacquin Appollis, and their friend, Steveno van Rhyn, began in the High Court sitting in Saldanha Bay this morning. The girl was six-years-old when she disappeared from her mother’s home in February last year. Scores of residents are attending, with Joslin’s grandmother, Lauretta Yon, telling the media they hope Kelly will speak up and tell them where her daughter is.