Legal teams are arguing for the court to decide whether confession statements made by van Rhyn and Jacquen Appollis can be ...

Steveno van Rhyn takes the stand in the Joshlin Smith trial, recounting a harrowing tale of alleged kidnapping and assault by ...

Accused number one, Jacquen Appollis, alleges that he was tortured before police detectives told him what to say in the ...

The first accused in the Joshlin Smith kidnapping trial has admitted to lying under oath about the details surrounding the ...

One of the accused in the trial-within-a-trial in the Joshlin Smith kidnapping case admits to lying under oath.

One of the three accused in the Joshlin Smith trial has admitted to lying about key details in his statement to police, including his claim that he took Joshlin to a supposed sangoma’s house.

Steveno van Rhyn claims police suffocated him with plastic and forced a false confession in the Joshlin Smith case, while ...

The footage of Steveno van Rhyn’s confession has been played in court during the trial within a trial on Thursday. Before the ...

Two men accused, alongside the child’s mother, of kidnapping and trafficking her last year have alleged being abused into ...

SALDANHA BAY - The trial-within-a-trial in the Joshlin Smith kidnapping case continues. Accused number 1, Jacquen Appollis, is being cross-examined to determine the admissibility of his confession.

Jacquen ‘Boeta’ Appollis told the Western Cape high court which parts of his allegedly coerced confession were true and which ...

A defence lawyer in the Joslin Smith trial claimed that her client was asleep while providing police with a confession, ...