The 52-year-old woman has been found guilty of kidnapping, fraud and contravening sections of the Children’s Act, but maintains her innocence.
The Lavender Hill resident snatched the three-day-old child from her sleeping mother’s arms at Groote Schuur Hospital in 1997 and then raised her as her own.
Judge President John Hlope has ordered both the state and the defence to not reintroduce Zephany Nurse’s testimony in their closing arguments.
The teenager last week testified in camera, against the woman she believed was her mother for nearly 18 years.
