How do you live with yourself?, Kelly Smith asked in court
Sentence proceedings continued in the case of six-year-old Joslin Smith on Wednesday.
The child's mother, Kelly Smith, along with Jacquen Appollis and Steveno van Rhyn, have all been found guilty of kidnapping and human trafficking.
There has been no sign of Joslin since she disappeared from her home in Saldanha Bay in February last year.
On Wednesday morning, a social worker read several victim impact statements in the Western Cape High Court.
One was submitted by Kelly's mother, Amanda Smith Daniels.
She addressed her statement to her daughter, with the translation read out by an interpreter.
" You don't want to take responsibility for your actions, now you want to play victim. You looked at me in the face and said, 'Mommy, I will talk the next time when we appear’.
"I believed you because you said your lawyer said you will speak, but now you will speak after I've pleaded with you, but you lied again. How do you sleep? How do you live with yourself?"
Daniels said she would not rest until her granddaughter was found.
" I'm also a mother, always worried about my children and my grandchildren. I'll not dress nicely before Joslin is found."
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