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

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

Legal teams are set to conclude arguments for the court to decide whether confession statements made by Steveno van Rhyn and ...

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

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

Steveno van Rhyn recounts harrowing experiences of alleged police abuse during the investigation into the disappearance of ...

Judge Nathan Erasmus has ruled that statements made by two of the accused in the Joslin Smith case can be admitted as ...

Steveno van Rhyn detailed alleged police torture as the trial-within-a-trial continued in the Western Cape high court ...

The State contends that Steveno van Rhyn’s claim in the Joshlin Smith trial that the police tortured him in a quest for a confession is improbable, and his injuries were not reconcilable with his ...

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 ...

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.

JUDGE Nathan Erasmus yesterday told prosecutors not to trap Joshlin Smith co-accused Steveno van Rhyn with tricky questions. Van Rhyn is on trial for the kidnapping and trafficking of the Middelpos ...