Captain Philip Seekoei's cross-examination in the Western Cape High Court raises critical questions regarding the legality of ...

Appollis and Van Rhyn claim they were tortured by police to admit their involvement in the child's disappearance.

The captain was cross-examined about a confession statement that accused number two, Stevano van Rhyn, made in March last ...

Under cross-examination, at court in the White City Multipurpose Centre in Diazville, Saldanha Bay, Mkabayi grilled him on ...

Steveno van Rhyn claims police suffocated him with plastic and forced a false confession in the Joshlin Smith case, while ...

A trial-within-a-trial in the Joshlin Smith matter is currently testing the admissibility of a confession made by Steveno van ...

Joshlin’s mother, Racquel “Kelly” Smith, her boyfriend Appollis and his friend Van Rhyn have been arrested and charged with kidnapping and human trafficking. They have pleaded not guilty to the ...

A second police officer in the kidnapping and trafficking trial of missing Joshlin Smith testified in court that he had no ...

The lawyer representing accused number two, Steveno van Rhyn, continues with the cross-examination of captain Philip Seekoei on Thursday.

A police detective who interviewed Steveno van Rhyn, one of those accused of playing a role in Joshlin Smith's disappearance, says he would not have continued taking down his statement if he had ...

We protest crime loudly—after the fact. But when it’s close to home, we stay quiet. Why protect the very people who endanger ...

Sergeant Dawid Fortuin took advantage of Steveno van Rhyn’s ‘youth and vulnerability’, according to attorney Nobahle Mkabayi ...