Nafiz Modack pleads not guilty to charges related to bribery of high-ranking cops
He faces 124 charges related to racketeering and murder - including the assassination of high-ranking police officer Charl Kinnear.
Nafiz Modack in the Western Cape High Court on 29 January 2024. Picture: Carlo Petersen/Eyewitness News
CAPE TOWN - Alleged underworld gang boss Nafiz Modack has pleaded not guilty to charges related to the bribery of high-ranking police officers Jeremy Vearey and Charl Kinnear.
Modack along with 14 other co-accused appeared in the Western Cape High Court for a fifth day.
He faces 124 charges related to racketeering and murder - including the assassination of Kinnear in September 2020.
On Monday, Modack - who has previously told the court he did not kill Kinnear - insisted he had nothing to do with bribing the top cop and his boss, major general Vearey.
"I therefore charge accused one of being guilty of corruption. Accused one? Not guilty."
Last week, the court heard how Modack allegedly employed the services of a middleman to develop a corrupt relationship with Vearey and Kinnear.
The State's indictment against Modack reveals that Vearey and Kinnear seized firearms and ammunition from Modack during an anti-gang unit raid in April 2017.
The State alleges Modack then employed a middleman to bribe both Vearey and Kinnear to return the weapons.
The case has been postponed to Monday 12 February.