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In a pivotal moment in the Joshlin Smith trial, Judge Nathan Erasmus has ruled that statements from two accused men are ...
Steveno van Rhyn's testimony at the Western Cape High Court reveals shocking allegations of police torture and coercion in ...
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 ...
However, Judge Nathan Erasmus ruled that the admissibility of the confessions was provisional and could be revisited later in the trial.
During the trial of Steveno 'Steffie' Van Rhyn and Jacquen ‘Boeta’ Appollis, allegations of police torture emerged as they ...
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.
Steveno van Rhyn takes the stand in the Joshlin Smith trial, recounting a harrowing tale of alleged kidnapping and assault by ...
Steveno van Rhyn detailed alleged police torture as the trial-within-a-trial continued in the Western Cape high court ...
Jacquin Appollis, one of the suspects on trial for Joslin Smith's disappearance, admitted that he lied in court when he ...
The second accused in the Joshlin Smith trial, Stevano van Rhyn, has described how police officers allegedly tortured him.