South African woman guilty of kidnapping and trafficking daughter aged 6

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Joshlin Smith has not been found more than a year after she went missing

The mother of a South African girl, who disappeared aged six more than a year ago, has been convicted of kidnapping and trafficking her daughter.

Kelly Smith, her boyfriend Jacquen Appollis and their friend Steveno van Rhyn were arrested after Smith's daughter, Joshlin, went missing from outside her home in Saldanha Bay, near Cape Town, in February last year.

Appollis and Van Rhyn were also found guilty on Friday of kidnapping and trafficking Joshlin. All three had previously pleaded not guilty to to these charges.

Joshlin's disappearance sent shockwaves across South Africa and despite a highly publicised search for her, she is yet to be found.