Steveno van Rhyn claims police suffocated him with plastic and forced a false confession in the Joshlin Smith case, while Detective Sergeant Dawid Fortuin firmly denies all allegations of torture ...

The Joshlin Smith confession trial continues as Judge Nathan Erasmus highlights inconsistencies in the testimonies of the ...

Defence attorneys for Kelly Smith and Steveno van Rhyn on Wednesday sought to have the kidnapping and human trafficking ...

Steveno van Rhyn's testimony at the Western Cape High Court reveals shocking allegations of police torture and coercion in ...

The ongoing trial concerning the disappearance of Joshlin Smith sees Judge Nathan Erasmus scrutinising inconsistencies in the ...

SALDANHA BAY - Another accused in the Joshlin Smith trial has detailed how he was allegedly kidnapped and assaulted before ...

Steveno van Rhyn detailed alleged police torture as the trial-within-a-trial continued in the Western Cape high court ...

The prosecutor questioned Steveno Van Rhyn over contradictions in his testimony and plea explanation. Accused number two in ...

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

Live coverage of Joshlin Smith court case today.The trial for the kidnapping and human trafficking case involving Joshlin Smith is in its fourth week and continues in the Western Cape High Court, ...

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 ...

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