News24 | Joshlin Smith case: Investigating officer grilled in court over police brutality claims

Defence lawyer for accused one in Joslin Smith trial says client was tortured – The Mail & Guardian

The defence lawyer for Jacquen “Boeta” Appollis, the first accused in the trial about the alleged kidnapping and trafficking of Joslin Smith, on Friday said his client had been tortured and made to give a statement under duress when he was taken into questioning on 4 March last year. Advocate Fanie Harmse cross-examined investigating officer Captain Wesley Lombard about the night Appollis and his co-accused, Stefano van Rhyn, were taken in for q…

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