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.

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

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 ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

Summary Steveno van Rhyn and Jacquen Appollis allege police torture during interrogations about Joshlin Smith's disappearance, claiming they were coerced into false confessions. The trial-within-a ...