Wata kotu a Afirka ta Kudu a ranar Alhamis ta yanke hukuncin daurin rai da rai ga wata mata da aka samu da laifin sace 'yarta mai shekaru shida da kuma sayar da ita, a wani lamari da ya girgiza ƙasar.

An yanke wa Racquel Smith da wasu mutum biyu da ake tuhuma tare da ita hukuncin daurin rai da rai saboda safarar mutane, tare da karin shekaru goma saboda satar mutane, a hukuncin da Mai Shari’a Nathan Erasmus ya yanke.

A farkon wannan watan, kotun ta Afirka ta Kudu ta sami matar da laifin safarar 'yarta mai shekaru shida wadda ta ɓace fiye da shekara guda, a wani lamari da ya fusata al'umma.

Shari'ar da ta dauki tsawon watanni biyu ta saurari shaidu masu yawa da suka bayyana cewa Racquel "Kelly" Smith ta bayyana musu cewa ta sayar da 'yarta Joshlin a watan Fabrairu na shekarar 2024, ciki har da ikirarin cewa an biya ta rand 20,000 ($1,085).

Mai Shari’a Nathan Erasmus ya ce shaidun mutane 35 daga ɓangaren gwamnati sun tabbatar masa cewa Smith, mai shekaru 35, da sauran mutum biyu da aka tuhuma tare da ita - saurayinta da wani abokinsu - sun aikata laifukan safarar mutane da kuma satar mutane.

"Na riga na tabbatar da cewa bisa ga shaidun da ke gabana, an yi sayar da Joshlin," in ji shi.

"Shaidu daga ɓangarori daban-daban sun nuna cewa an yi biyan kudi, ko kuma aƙalla an yi alƙawarin biyan kuɗi," ya ce, yana zargin Smith da ɗaukar 'yarta, wadda ke da shekaru shida lokacin da ta ɓace, a matsayin "kaya."

An gudanar da shari'ar a wani ɗakin taro na al'umma a wani ƙaramin gari na kamun kifi, Saldanha Bay, kimanin kilomita 135 arewa da Cape Town, inda lamarin ya tayar da hankula.