SALDANHA BAY - The main trial in the Joshlin Smith kidnapping and human trafficking case is set to restart on Tuesday. The ...

In a pivotal moment in the Joshlin Smith trial, Judge Nathan Erasmus has ruled that statements from two accused men are ...

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

The prosecutor questioned Steveno Van Rhyn over contradictions in his testimony and plea explanation. Accused number two in ...

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

Van Rhyn gave his testimony at the White City Multipurpose Centre in Diazville, detailing how he ended up confessing to being ...

However, Judge Nathan Erasmus ruled that the admissibility of the confessions was provisional and could be revisited later in the trial.

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

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 ...

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

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