Abantu abathathu abalahlwe yicala lokulahleka kwengane eneminyaka eyisithupha ubudala uJoshlin Smith bafake izincwadi zokudlulisa izigwebo zabo. Laba bantu ngomama kaJoshlin, uKelly Smith, isoka lakhe uJacquen Appollis, kanye nomngane wabo uSteveno van Rhyn. Bobathathu basanda kugwetshwa udilikajele ngamacala okuthumba nokushushumbisa abantu.
INational Prosecuting Authority (NPA) isikuqinisekisile ukuthi iwatholile amaphepha okudluliswa kwesinqumo futhi manje ilinde ijaji ukuthi linqume usuku lokulalelwa kwesicelo sokubuyekeza. I-NPA ihlela ukuphikisa kakhulu izicelo zabo.
Ngesikhathi kuqulwa icala, inkantolo yezwa imininingwane mayelana nokuthi uJoshlin wanikelwa kanjani ohlelweni lokushushumbiswa kwabantu.
Ijaji ebeliphethe leli cala, uNathan Erasmus, kulindeleke ukuthi linqume maduze ukuthi kuzoqalwa nini ukuqulwa kwamacala. Leli cala selidonse amehlo kuzwelonke, njengoba umphakathi usaqhubeka nokufunela uJoshlin, osadukile. Iziphathimandla namalungu omphakathi bathemba ukuthi inqubo yezomthetho izoletha ukucaca okwengeziwe futhi iqinisekise ukuthi labo abathintekayo ngokunyamalala kwakhe bathweswa icala ngokugcwele.