Appollis claims he was tortured and beaten repeatedly by five men while he was being interrogated at the Sea Border Police ...

The trial within a trial is for the court to decide whether confession statements made by Van Rhyn and Appollis can be used ...

Defence lawyers challenge the validity of Steveno 'Steffie' van Rhyn's confession in the ongoing trial concerning the ...

The court must first determine whether confessions made by Van Rhyn and his co-accused were freely and voluntarily given ...

On Thursday, proceedings started on a tense note as Judge Nathan Erasmus admonished Stevano van Rhyn’s defence attorney, ...

Two of the accused in the Joshlin Smith trial take the stand for their statements to be scrutinised. As the sixth week of the ...

Appollis claims that before his statement, he was allegedly tortured by police and a black bag placed over his head to elicit a confession in the Joshlin Smith case.

Steveno van Rhyn, one of the three accused in the Saldahna Bay kidnapping of Joshlin Smith, claims that what was contained in ...

A coordinated strategy of questioning Jacquen Appollis and Steveno van Rhyn, accused in the kidnapping case, led to the ...

Another day of the trial-within-a-trial in the Joshlin Smith kidnapping case. Judge Nathan Erasmus is expected to rule tomorrow (Friday) on whether two of the accused made confessions freely and ...

This was shared in the evidence-in-chief of detective Sergeant Dawid Johannes Fortuin, who led the interviews on 4 March 2024 ...

Week six of the Joshlin Smith kidnapping and trafficking case continues with lawyers still arguing about the admissibility of ...