THE investigating officer in the disappearance of Joshlin Smith, Detective Captain Wesley Lombard has denied torturing co-accused Steveno van Rhyn.
As the trial of “Steffie” van Rhyn, Jacquen “Boeta” Appollis and Kelly Smith, Joshlin’s mother, continued yesterday in the Western Cape High Court in Middelpos, Saldanha Bay, Van Rhyn’s lawyer Nobahle Mkabayi grilled Lomdard.
Mkabayi claimed that her client alleged Lombard instructed others to assault him.
She emphasised that it was Lombard who issued the orders for Steffie to be assaulted.
Previously, in his plea explanation, Steffie told the court he was assaulted and handcuffed by men he got a lift from. He later discovered that they were cops, and he was taken to Jacobsbaai.
Killed
He was told he was going to be killed and was continuously asked where…
