Co-accused Jacquen Appollis and Steveno van Rhyn claim they made the statements after being tortured by police at the Sea ...

Kelly Smith's boyfriend, Appollis, took the stand on Friday and accused police officers of assaulting him and threatening him ...

After police threatened him with death, suspended him upside down and put a black bag over his head, Joshlin Smith kidnapping ...

Appollis claims that before his statement, he was allegedly tortured by police and a black bag placed over his head to elicit a confession in the Joshlin Smith case.

Jacquen ‘Boeta’ Appollis told the Western Cape high court which parts of his allegedly coerced confession were true and which ...

The trial within a trial is for the court to decide whether confession statements made by Van Rhyn and Appollis can be used ...

The court must first determine whether confessions made by Van Rhyn and his co-accused were freely and voluntarily given ...

Defence lawyers challenge the validity of Steveno 'Steffie' van Rhyn's confession in the ongoing trial concerning the ...

Defence lawyers challenge the validity of Steveno 'Steffie' van Rhyn's confession in the ongoing trial concerning the ...

Another day of the trial-within-a-trial in the Joshlin Smith kidnapping case. Judge Nathan Erasmus is expected to rule tomorrow (Friday) on whether two of the accused made confessions freely and ...

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 ...