A South African woman has gone on trial charged with kidnapping and selling her 6-year-old daughter in a case that gained national attention.

The mother of a six-year-old girl who disappeared more than a year ago in South Africa has gone on trial accused of organising her kidnapping. Kelly Smith, her boyfriend Jacquen Appollis and their friend Steveno van Rhyn were arrested after Smith's daughter,

Woman on trial accused of kidnapping, selling her 6-year-old daughter - Prosecutors say she organised her daughter’s abduction in exchange for payment

Karen McPherson was serving time for the first-degree kidnapping of Jasper lawyer Carrie Lawson from her home in 1991.

Karen McPherson, who is serving a life sentence for the 1991 kidnapping of a young Jasper lawyer, briefly escaped during a work release on Monday morning but was quickly apprehended. McPherson, 63, was convicted in the kidnapping of Carrie Lawson,

Karen McPherson, serving a life sentence in the 1991 kidnapping of a young Jasper lawyer, briefly escaped work release Monday morning but was quickly recaptured. McPherson, 63, was convicted in the kidnapping of Carrie Lawson,