Tshosa said, “Joshlin lost a flip-flop in the struggle,” a fact that only stayed with her after seeing Joshlin’s face in the press a few days later.
Smith’s defense team tried to discredit Lombaard throughout the trial by portraying her as a drug user. Lombaard, however,
Defended her claims during cross-examination, acknowledging that she used drugs but refusing to take back her testimony.
Even more disturbing, Joshlin’s teacher said that Smith claimed to have gotten a phone call informing her that Joshlin was “on a ship,
Inside a container, and they were on the way to West Africa” when she inquired about her daughter’s whereabouts.
