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Legal teams on Thursday continued to argue whether confession statements made by Stevano van Rhyn and Jacquen Appollis can be ...
The court must first determine whether confessions made by Van Rhyn and his co-accused were freely and voluntarily given ...
Jacquen Appollis and Stevano van Rhyn are expected to testify on Friday in a trial within a trial for the court to decide ...
Defence lawyers challenge the validity of Steveno 'Steffie' van Rhyn's confession in the ongoing trial concerning the ...
Jacquen ‘Boeta’ Appollis told the court which parts of his allegedly coerced confession were true and which were false ...
Nobahle Mkabayi made the claim during the trial-within-a-trial, which is probing whether statements made by the accused were ...
Jacquin Appollis, one of the accused in the Joslin Smith trial, has taken to the stand to testify about the alleged assault ...
Sergeant Dawid Fortuin took advantage of Steveno van Rhyn’s ‘youth and vulnerability’, according to attorney Nobahle Mkabayi ...
A coordinated strategy of questioning Jacquen Appollis and Steveno van Rhyn, accused in the kidnapping case, led to the ...
Two of the accused in the Joshlin Smith trial take the stand for their statements to be scrutinised. As the sixth week of the ...
Steveno van Rhyn, one of the accused in the Joslin Smith trial, alleged that police tortured him and then told him what to ...
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.