# Justice minister Mmamoloko Kubayi welcomes the life sentences handed down to Kelly Smith, Jacquen Appollis, and Steveno van Rhyn for the kidnapping and trafficking of Smith’s daughter Joshlin Smith last year. The High Court in the Western Cape found the three showed no remorse for selling Joshlin for 20-thousand-rand. The spokesperson for the Ministry, Terrence Manase, says the ruling, delivered during National Child Protection Week, sends a strong message that crimes against children will not go unpunished:
Minister Kubayi welcomes harsh sentencing in Joshlin Smith case [SOUND]
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