JOHANNESBURG - Judge Nathan Erasmus imposed life sentences for the three accused in the Joshlin Smith kidnapping and trafficking trial.
Kelly Smith, Jacquen Appollis and Steveno van Rhyn will spend the rest of their life behind bars.
Meanwhile, police continue their search for the missing child.
Spokesperson of the Commission for Gender Equality, Javu Baloyi, has welcomed the judgment.
"Mitigating issues should never be a recourse for people to give a lower sentence," he says.