Life for a mother who sold her 6 -year -old daughter to get her eyes and skin and use them as a “medicine”

In life imprisonment, Rakel “Kelly” Smith, who sold her 6 -year -old daughter, was sentenced to life in prison to remove her skin and eyes to be used by a “traditional therapist”. Smith, her partner, Zaken Apolis, and their friend, Sivino Van Rein, were all sentenced to life imprisonment, a year after Josinlin Smith’s mysterious disappearance outside her home, near Cape Town, as Nypost reports. When Joslin disappeared, her mother was treated with compassion, while photos of the girl with her impressive green eyes, stuck and wide smile were released all over the country. However, she showed no emotion when the sentence was announced, at the end of a trial that was transferred to a local stage and lasted eight weeks so that community members could attend. She admitted that she sold her daughter to a “Sangoma” – traditional therapist – for 20,000 rades (about $ 1,100), while […]
Source: News Beast

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