As Laurentia Lombaard enters her second day on the stand for cross-examination, it can be noted that it is not going well - for her. Lombaard, a previous accused in the matter, became a State ...

As Laurentia Lombaard enters her second day on the stand for cross-examination, it can be noted that it is not going well - for her. Lombaard, a previous accused in the matter, became a State ...

Day two of cross-examination for Lourentia Lombaard came to a halt twice on Wednesday before Judge Nathan Erasmus adjourned the matter until Thursday. Former accused in the Joshlin Smith trial ...

Former accused in the Joshlin Smith trial, Lourentia Lombaard testifies at the Western Cape High Court sitting in the Saldanha Bay Multi-Purpose Centre on 17 March 2025. Picture: Kayleen Morgan ...

SALDANHA BAY, WESTERN CAPE — State witness Lourentia Lombaard lost her composure when she was cross-examined during Joslin ...

Joshlin disappeared from the family’s home in Middelpos on 19 January 2024. Lourentia (Rens) Lombaard recounted an encounter with Smith, who allegedly made a shocking admission. Testifying in ...

Lourentia (Rens) Lombaard recounted an encounter with Kelly Smith, the mother of missing Joshlin, who allegedly made a shocking admission. According to Lombaard, Smith claimed that the person who ...

JOHANNESBURG - Kelly Smith is pinning the disappearance of her daughter Joshlin squarely on Lourentia Lombaard. She accuses the state's key witness of lying to try and to save her own skin.

On the 14th day of the Joshlin Smith trial, key witness Laurentia Lombaard stunned the court by confessing she lied to police during her arrest, casting doubts on her credibility under intense ...

Lourentia Lombaard — referred to as Rens or Rensie throughout proceedings — started testifying late on Thursday last week, continued on Friday, and also took the stand on Monday. The then six ...

Lourentia Lombaard, the woman who was initially an accused in the kidnapping and human trafficking case of young Joslin Smith, burst into tears and had to be helped from the stand while testifying ...

One of the witnesses is a school volunteer who told the court how she witnessed and overheard a heated argument, between Kelly Smith and boyfriend Jacquen Appollis on the 18th of February 2024 ...