The hearing of the three was postponed to 28 February while the police are still investigating Joslin's disappearance.
The hearing of the three was postponed to 28 February while the police are still investigating Joslin's disappearance.
Kelly Smith appeared for pre-trial arguments in the Joslin Smith disappearance case at Western Cape High Court Friday. Picture: Gallo Images / Brenton Geach Racquel “Kelly” Smith, mother of the then six-year-old Joslin Smith, who disappeared from the Saldanha Bay area on 19 February, was alone in the dock in the Western Cape High Court on Friday.
The court heard that her co-accused, Kelly’s boyfriend Jacquen “Boeta” Appollis, and the couple’s friend Steveno van Rhyn, was absent from the pre-trial hearing due to an administrative error. The two men have not been transferred from Malmesbury to Pollsmoor Prison in Cape Town.Judge Gayaat Da Silva-Salie said the case would be moved to a more central area on the West Coast, closer to Saldanha and the Middelpos informal settlement, from where Joslin went missing.
In an interview with SABC News, Western Cape National Prosecuting Authority spokesperson Eric Ntabazalila said the NPA is working on the logistics to move the court to Saldanha. “We will have a demarcation meeting before the next pre-trial hearing on 28 February.”According to Ntabazalila, the state is ready to proceed with the case, although the investigation into Joslin’s disappearance is still ongoing. “The police are still actively following up on tip-offs from the community.
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