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Accused number Jacquen Appollis claims he was tortured before police detectives told him what to say in the statement.
Jacquin Appollis, one of the suspects on trial for Joslin Smith's disappearance, admitted that he lied in court when he ...
During cross-examination at the Western Cape High Court, sitting at the White City Multipurpose Centre in Diazville, Saldanha ...
The man who was the last to see Joshlin Smith before her disappearance, Jacquen “Boeta” Appollis, ended his testimony today with harrowing claims of police brutality, which the State strongly ...
The first accused in the Joshlin Smith kidnapping trial has admitted to lying under oath about the details surrounding the ...
Legal teams are set to conclude arguments for the court to decide whether confession statements made by Steveno van Rhyn and ...
Confession statements by two accused in the Joshlin Smith kidnapping and human trafficking trial will be admitted as evidence, Judge Nathan Erasmus ruled on Thursday. The decision follows a trial ...
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 detailed alleged police torture as the trial-within-a-trial continued in the Western Cape high court ...
The seventh week of the Joshlin Smith trial sees Jacquen ‘Boeta’ Appollis back on the stand, facing cross-examination over ...
Jacquen ‘Boeta’ Appollis told the Western Cape high court which parts of his allegedly coerced confession were true and which ...
The second accused in the Joshlin Smith trial, Stevano van Rhyn, has described how police officers allegedly tortured him.