The Western Cape High Court, currently sitting in Saldanha Bay, is holding a trial-within-a-trial to decide whether ...

Co-accused Jacquen Appollis and Steveno van Rhyn claim they were tortured to make the confessions before their arrests.

In a pivotal ruling, Judge Nathan Erasmus has deemed statements from the accused in the Joshlin Smith disappearance case ...

The second accused in the Joshlin Smith trial, Stevano van Rhyn, has described how police officers allegedly tortured him.

On Wednesday, accused number two in the trial, Steveno van Rhyn, was on the stand to testify in a trial within a trial.

Despite suffering from a lung infection, Judge Nathan Erasmus continues to preside over the trial of Steveno van Rhyn, where ...

The last few weeks in the Joshlin Smith trial have been hearing testimony about the admissibility of confessions extracted from Jacquen Appollis and Steveno van Rhyn.

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 ...

In a pivotal ruling, Judge Nathan Erasmus has deemed statements from the accused in the Joshlin Smith disappearance case ...

The Judge in the Joshlin Smith trial has ruled that the confessions of two of the accused can be admitted as evidence following a trial within 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.

Court proceeds in the Joshlin Smith kidnapping and human trafficking trial resume in the Western Cape high court sitting in ...