In a dramatic courtroom confrontation, defence lawyer Nobahle Mkabayi claims video evidence shows her client Steveno van Rhyn ...

Appollis and Van Rhyn claim they were tortured by police to admit their involvement in the child's disappearance.

A trial-within-a-trial in the Joshlin Smith matter is currently testing the admissibility of a confession made by Steveno van ...

The lawyer representing accused number two, Steveno van Rhyn, continues with the cross-examination of captain Philip Seekoei on Thursday.

A second police officer in the kidnapping and trafficking trial of missing Joshlin Smith testified in court that he had no ...

The captain was cross-examined about a confession statement that accused number two, Stevano van Rhyn, made in March last ...

A trial within a trial is ongoing to determine whether the confessions made by the accused can be used in the main trial. The ...

Steveno van Rhyn's lawyer continues cross-examination in the trial concerning the disappearance of six-year-old Joshlin Smith ...

The Western Cape High Court in Saldanha has now heard different accounts of how accused number one, Jacquen “Boeta” Appollis, ...

Court proceedings in the Joshlin Smith kidnapping and human trafficking trial continue in the Western Cape High Court sitting ...

Week six of the Joshlin Smith kidnapping and trafficking case continues with lawyers still arguing about the admissibility of statements given to the police by Jacquen Appollis and Stefano Van Rhyn.

Joshlin Smith, 6, went missing on February 19, 2024, from Middelpos, Saldanha Bay. Her mother, Racquel ‘Kelly’ Smith, her boyfriend Jacquen ‘Boeta’ Appollis, and their friend Van Rhyn are charged with ...