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 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 ...

Jacquin Appollis, one of the suspects on trial for Joslin Smith's disappearance, admitted that he lied in court when he ...

Steveno van Rhyn's trial for the disappearance of six-year-old Joshlin Smith sees the accused allege police torture, as Judge ...

Jacquen ‘Boeta’ Appollis told the Western Cape high court which parts of his allegedly coerced confession were true and which ...

One of the three accused in the Joshlin Smith trial has admitted to lying about key details in his statement to police, including his claim that he took Joshlin to a supposed sangoma’s house.

A trial within a trial is ongoing to determine whether the confessions made by the accused can be used in the main trial. The ...