Incarcerated: Judge Nathan Erasmus on Thursday sentenced Jacquen ‘Boeta’ Appollis, Steveno van Rhyn and Kelly Smith (above), convicted earlier this month of kidnapping and trafficking Joslin Smith, to 10 years in prison for the former and life imprisonment for the latter crime.
The judge has handed down sentences — but a little girl is still missing and a community’s anguish remains raw
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