The Western Cape High Court, currently sitting in Saldanha Bay, is holding a trial-within-a-trial to decide whether ...

Co-accused Jacquen Appollis and Steveno van Rhyn claim they were tortured to make the confessions before their arrests.

In a pivotal ruling, Judge Nathan Erasmus has deemed statements from the accused in the Joshlin Smith disappearance case ...

Accused number Jacquen Appollis claims he was tortured before police detectives told him what to say in the statement.

The second accused in the Joshlin Smith trial, Stevano van Rhyn, has described how police officers allegedly tortured him.

Despite suffering from a lung infection, Judge Nathan Erasmus continues to preside over the trial of Steveno van Rhyn, where ...

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 ...

Confession statements by two accused in the Joshlin Smith kidnapping and human trafficking trial will be admitted as evidence, Judge Nathan Erasmus ruled on Thursday. The decision follows a trial ...

In a pivotal ruling, Judge Nathan Erasmus has deemed statements from the accused in the Joshlin Smith disappearance case ...

The Judge in the Joshlin Smith trial has ruled that the confessions of two of the accused can be admitted as evidence following a trial within a trial ...

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.

Court proceeds in the Joshlin Smith kidnapping and human trafficking trial resume in the Western Cape high court sitting in ...