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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.
A trial within a trial is ongoing to determine whether the confessions made by the accused can be used in the main trial. The ...
The captain was cross-examined about a confession statement that accused number two, Stevano van Rhyn, made in March last ...
Steveno van Rhyn, one of the three accused in the Saldahna Bay kidnapping of Joshlin Smith, claims that what was contained in ...
The Western Cape High Court in Saldanha has now heard different accounts of how accused number one, Jacquen “Boeta” Appollis, ...
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 ...
This was shared in the evidence-in-chief of detective Sergeant Dawid Johannes Fortuin, who led the interviews on 4 March 2024 ...
SALDANHA BAY - The Joshlin Smith kidnapping continues as the court tries to determine whether two of the suspects' ...
Week six of the Joshlin Smith kidnapping and trafficking case continues with lawyers still arguing about the admissibility of statements given to the police by Jacquen Appollis and Stefano Van Rhyn.