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

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

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

Jacquen Appollis and Stevano van Rhyn are expected to testify on Friday in a trial within a trial for the court to decide ...

On Thursday, proceedings started on a tense note as Judge Nathan Erasmus admonished Stevano van Rhyn’s defence attorney, ...

The man believed to be the last person to see six-year-old Joshlin Smith before her disappearance has taken the stand in the ...

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 ...

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.

Steveno van Rhyn, one of the three accused in the Saldahna Bay kidnapping of Joshlin Smith, claims that what was contained in his statement was not his account, and that police had told him what to ...

The BBC reports that a neighbor testified last week that Kelly Smith had confided in her about a plan to sell her 6-year-old daughter Joshlin Smith to a traditional healer who “wanted her for ...

Joshlin Smith disappeared in February 2024, and her mother Kelly Smith has been accused of orchestrating her kidnapping from their hometown in South Africa. The little girl, who has a fair ...