Steveno van Rhyn detailed alleged police torture as the trial-within-a-trial continued in the Western Cape high court
Two men accused, alongside the child’s mother, of kidnapping and trafficking her last year have alleged being abused into confessing to information relating to her disappearance
A female sergeant has been accused of taking part in the alleged torture of accused two, but senior officers denied any knowledge or involvement
Judge Nathan Erasmus had earlier cautioned Lourentia Lombaard that her testimony would determine her credibility
Angry residents of Middelpos informal settlement heckled and swore at the mother of missing child Joslin Smith
A second police witness on Tuesday told the court that Kelly Smith’s partner was uncooperative when questioned
The first witness said Joshlin’s mother, Kelly Smith, did not seem ‘worried’ when she was reporting her missing child