{"id":263357,"date":"2025-05-29T10:03:18","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T08:03:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/?p=263357"},"modified":"2025-05-29T11:10:30","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T09:10:30","slug":"joshlin-saak-vonnisoplegging-het-begin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/joshlin-saak-vonnisoplegging-het-begin\/","title":{"rendered":"Joshlin-saak: Kelly en kie gaan lank sit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lewenslank!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kelly Smith, Boeta Apollis en Steveno van Rhyn is pas tot lewenslange tronkstraf gevonnis vir hulle aandeel in die verdwyning van die sesjarige <a href=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/graadeentjie-20240221-4\/\">Joshlin Smith<\/a> in Februarie 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Regter Nathan Erasmus het sy beslissing Donderdagoggend (29 Mei) in die Veeldoelige sentrum in Saldanha gelewer en die driestuks op aanklag van mensehandel tot lewenslange tronkstraf gevonnis en 10 jaar op die aanklag van ontvoering. Hulle name sal ook in die nasionale kinderbeskermingsregister opgeteken word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vonnisoplegging  het vroe\u00ebr vanoggend begin in die opspraakwekkende hooggeregshofsaak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Smith, Apollis en Van Rhyn is vroe\u00ebr in Mei <a href=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/joshlin-smith-hofsaak-skuldig-op-alle-aanklagte\/\">skuldig<\/a> bevind aan mensehandel en ontvoering nadat hulle Joshlin vir R20 000 verkoop het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Erasmus het vanoggend ges\u00ea dat die aanklagtes waarop die driestuks skuldig bevind is, ernstig van aard is, dat Smith en Apollis in &#8216;n ouerverhouding was en vir Joshlin se welstand verantwoordelik was, maar in plaas daarvan om haar te versorg haar eerder as &#8216;n kommoditeit  gebruik het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hy het ges\u00ea dat hy geen versagtende omstandighede kon vind wat &#8216;n ligter straf sal regverdig nie, en dat tronkstraf die enigste toepaslike vonnis is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Die gemeenskap, wat die hofverrigtinge bygewoon het, het die vonnis verwelkom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-attachment-id=\"263358\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/joshlin-saak-vonnisoplegging-het-begin\/img-20250529-wa0004\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG-20250529-WA0004.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,1600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG-20250529-WA0004\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG-20250529-WA0004-768x1024.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG-20250529-WA0004-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-263358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG-20250529-WA0004-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG-20250529-WA0004-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG-20250529-WA0004.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kelly Smith kom Donderdagoggend (29 Mei) kom by die Veeldoelige sentrum in Saldanha op vir vonnisopleggingverrigtinge. Foto: Alida Buckle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-attachment-id=\"263359\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/joshlin-saak-vonnisoplegging-het-begin\/img-20250529-wa0005\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG-20250529-WA0005.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,1600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG-20250529-WA0005\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG-20250529-WA0005-768x1024.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG-20250529-WA0005-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-263359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG-20250529-WA0005-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG-20250529-WA0005-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG-20250529-WA0005.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Steveno van Rhyn klim uit die polisievangwa. 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