Legal teams are arguing for the court to decide whether confession statements made by van Rhyn and Jacquen Appollis can be used as evidence in the trial. CAPE TOWN - Accused number two in the Joshlin ...

Sergeant Mzamo Mbovane, a detective with 22 years of experience with the police based in Vredenburg, Wednesday testified in the trial within a trial that Steveno van Rhyn admitted to injuries, but not ...

Defence attorney Nobahle Mkabayi, who represents accused number two, Stevano van Rhyn, on Tuesday told the court that her client had no knowledge of Smith's alleged plan to sell Joshlin to a sangoma.

The accused in the Joshlin Smith trial, Steveno van Rhyn, took the stand in the Western Cape High Court on Tuesday, detailing what he described as a brutal assault and kidnapping by men he believed to ...

Stevano van Rhyn during the Joshlin Smith trial at White City Multipurpose Centre in Saldanha Bay on 8 April 2025. Picture: Gallo Images/Brenton Geach The second accused in the Joshlin Smith trial, ...

Judgment in the Joshlin Smith case was handed down by Judge Nathan Erasmus on Friday, 2 May, in the Western Cape Division of the High Court sitting in Saldanha Bay, bringing an end to the eight-week ...

Accused number two in the Joshlin Smith trial, Steveno van Rhyn, faced intense cross-examination on Thursday over his claims of police torture and coerced confessions. The Western Cape High Court, ...

Despite torture claims, a police colonel and a doctor have both testified that the two accused, Jacquen Appollis and Steveno van Rhyn, had no apparent injuries indicating any sort of torture. This was ...

An accused in the Joshlin Smith kidnapping and human trafficking trial was challenged by the state on Thursday for “adjusting your testimony and your version as you go along”. Steveno van Rhyn was ...