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In a dramatic courtroom confrontation, defence lawyer Nobahle Mkabayi claims video evidence shows her client Steveno van Rhyn ...
Video evidence in the Joshlin Smith case reveals one accused 'limping and struggling to sit' during his confession, prompting ...
THE Western Cape High Court on Tuesday was shown video footage that appeared to show a visibly limping Steveno “Steffie” van ...
Appollis and Van Rhyn claim they were tortured by police to admit their involvement in the child's disappearance.
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, one of the three accused in the Saldahna Bay kidnapping of Joshlin Smith, claims that what was contained in ...
The Western Cape High Court in Saldanha has now heard different accounts of how accused number one, Jacquen “Boeta” Appollis, ...
This was shared in the evidence-in-chief of detective Sergeant Dawid Johannes Fortuin, who led the interviews on 4 March 2024 ...
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.
A coordinated strategy of questioning Jacquen Appollis and Steveno van Rhyn, accused in the kidnapping case, led to the breakthrough.