'Kelly spoke of sangoma money'

PAYMENT: JOSHLIN'S MOM OVERHEARD TELLING CO-ACCUSED

- Carien Grobler

Lourentia (Rens) Lombaard, the state's key witness in the Joshlin Smith trial, was yesterday questioned whether she saw the missing girl's mother, Kelly Smith, speaking to a sangoma and when she saw one of the co-accused at the scene.

Lombaard, a friend of Kelly's, alleged that the mother sold Joshlin to a sangoma for R20 000. The then-six-year-old disappeared from her family home in Middelpos on 19 February last year.

Nobahle Mkabayi, the lawyer for co-accused Steveno van Rhyn, resumed her cross-examination of Lombaard by asking when she saw her client.