Kelly Smith showed no emotion on the day Joshlin went missing, court told

SALDANHA BAY - The police officer who first attended to the disappearance of six-year-old Joshlin Smith said that the little girl's mother showed no emotion on the day her child went missing.

Kelly Smith, Jacquen Appolis and Stevano van Rhyn went on trial on Monday for allegedly selling Joshlin to an unknown woman in Middelpos, Saldanha Bay.

The State's first witness took the stand on Monday to recount the events on the day Joshlin went missing.

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Constable Yanga Gongotha detailed how he met Kelly Smith on the evening of 19 February last year.

Gongotha, while on patrol in the Middelpos area, Smith pulled him off outside a residence with loud music where she looked like she was having a "good time".

He told the court that even after spending time with Smith while taking statements, she showed no emotion and didn't shed a single tear for her missing child.

Gongotha said that Kelly informed him that she left Joshlin with co-accused, Jacquen Appolis, before going to work.

He told the court that when they went to meet Appolis, he found it strange that Smith failed to ask what happened to Joshlin.

The trial continues on Tuesday.