Lawyers for Smith and Van Rhyn have filed section 174 applications for the court to withdraw the State's case against the two ...

The main trial was put on ice recently to test the amicability of confession statements by co-accused, Jacquen Appollis and ...

In her warning statement given to police, Racquel ‘Kelly’ Smith provided a timeline of the day Joshlin Smith went missing.

Lead investigator Captain Wesley Lombard explained why charges were dropped against Makalima, despite claims made that Joslin ...

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

The Joshlin Smith confession trial continues as Judge Nathan Erasmus highlights inconsistencies in the testimonies of the ...

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

The lead investigator in the Joshlin Smith case has testified about why charges were withdrawn against a former accused, ...

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

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 ...

The investigating officer in the Joshlin Smith case, Captain Wesley Lombard told the Western Cape High Court that all their ...

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