Legal teams are set to conclude arguments for the court to decide whether confession statements made by Steveno van Rhyn and ...

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

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 ...

Van Rhyn gave his testimony at the White City Multipurpose Centre in Diazville, detailing how he ended up confessing to being ...

Steveno van Rhyn recounts harrowing experiences of alleged police abuse during the investigation into the disappearance of ...

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 ...

However, Judge Nathan Erasmus ruled that the admissibility of the confessions was provisional and could be revisited later in the trial.

Judge Nathan Erasmus has ruled that statements made by two of the accused in the Joslin Smith case can be admitted as ...

JUDGE Nathan Erasmus yesterday told prosecutors not to trap Joshlin Smith co-accused Steveno van Rhyn with tricky questions.

Confession statements by two accused in the Joshlin Smith kidnapping and human trafficking trial will be admitted as evidence ...