Lawyers for the three convicted in the Joshlin Smith trial have filed notices for leave to appeal their convictions and sentences.

Joshlin Smith’s mother, Kelly Smith, and her co-accused Jacquen Appollis and Steveno van Rhyn were sentenced to life imprisonment after being found guilty of kidnapping and human trafficking for the disappearance of six-year-old Joshlin.

Kelly, Appollis and van Rhyn are in the third week of serving their life prison sentences.Judge Nathan Erasmus sentenced the trio to life behind bars plus, and an extra 10 years after finding them guilty of kidnapping and human trafficking.