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

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

Kelly Smith's boyfriend, Appollis, took the stand on Friday and accused police officers of assaulting him and threatening him with death.

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

Jacquen Appollis and Stevano van Rhyn are expected to testify on Friday in a trial within a trial for the court to decide ...

The man believed to be the last person to see six-year-old Joshlin Smith before her disappearance has taken the stand in the ...

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

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

After police threatened him with death, suspended him upside down and put a black bag over his head, Joshlin Smith kidnapping ...

Jacquen "Boeta" Appollis, the man believed to have been the last person to see Joshlin Smith before she went missing, claims ...

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.

Court proceedings in the Joshlin Smith kidnapping and human trafficking trial continue in the Western Cape High Court sitting ...