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State Prosecutor Zelda Swanepoel dismisses claims of police assault and torture by Steveno Van Rhyn and Jacquen Appollis ...
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 recounts harrowing experiences of alleged police abuse during the investigation into the disappearance of ...
Legal teams are arguing for the court to decide whether confession statements made by van Rhyn and Jacquen Appollis can be ...
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 ...
Steveno van Rhyn detailed alleged police torture as the trial-within-a-trial continued in the Western Cape high court ...
The second accused in the Joshlin Smith trial, Stevano van Rhyn, has described how police officers allegedly tortured him. Van Rhyn took the stand during trial proceedings at the ...
During the trial of Steveno 'Steffie' Van Rhyn and Jacquen ‘Boeta’ Appollis, allegations of police torture emerged as they ...
Jacquen Appollis and Steveno van Rhyn will find out whether their disputed confessions will be used in the main Joshlin Smith ...
Jacquin Appollis, one of the suspects on trial for Joslin Smith's disappearance, admitted that he lied in court when he ...
One of the three people accused of the kidnapping of Joshlin Smith told the Western Cape High Court police had no mercy when ...