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Community 'backs' woman accused of burning down Kelly Smith's shack
Daily News
|May 06, 2025
THE woman accused of burning down Joshlin Smith’s home appeared in Vredenburg Magistrate’s Court yesterday.
Monique Kekana, 27, stood in the dock alone after she was arrested on Friday night, at the crime scene, in Middelpos, Saldanha Bay.
The incident happened just hours after the six-year-old girl’s mom, Racquel “Kelly” Smith, her boyfriend, Jacquen Appollis, and their friend Steveno van Rhyn were convicted of kidnapping and trafficking at the Western Cape High Court.
Joshlin went missing from her home on February 19, 2024.
She had been in the care of Appollis when she vanished around 2pm. She had missed school, her mom said she had been unwell, and also that her uniform was dirty.
The trio were arrested two weeks after the incident.
This story is from the May 06, 2025 edition of Daily News.
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