However, Judge Nathan Erasmus ruled that the admissibility of the confessions was provisional and could be revisited later in the trial.

In a pivotal moment in the Joshlin Smith trial, Judge Nathan Erasmus has ruled that statements from two accused men are ...

Confession statements by two accused in the Joshlin Smith kidnapping and human trafficking trial will be admitted as evidence, Judge Nathan Erasmus ruled on Thursday. The decision follows a trial ...

The Judge in the Joshlin Smith trial has ruled that the confessions of two of the accused can be admitted as evidence following a trial within a trial ...

The Western Cape High Court, currently sitting in Saldanha Bay, is holding a trial-within-a-trial to decide whether ...

Judge Nathan Erasmus has ruled that statements made by two of the accused in the Joslin Smith case can be admitted as ...

Legal teams are set to conclude arguments for the court to decide whether confession statements made by Steveno van Rhyn and ...

The ongoing trial concerning the disappearance of Joshlin Smith sees Judge Nathan Erasmus scrutinising inconsistencies in the ...

JUDGE Nathan Erasmus yesterday told prosecutors not to trap Joshlin Smith co-accused Steveno van Rhyn with tricky questions. Van Rhyn is on trial for the kidnapping and trafficking of the Middelpos ...

The Western Cape High Court sitting at Saldanha Bay on the West Coast is expected to rule today in a trial within a trial to determine the admissibility of two of the accused’s statements in Joshlin ...

On Wednesday, accused number two in the trial, Steveno van Rhyn, was on the stand to testify in a trial within a trial.

The State contends that Steveno van Rhyn’s claim in the Joshlin Smith trial that the police tortured him in a quest for a confession is improbable, and his injuries were not reconcilable with his ...