Carlo Petersen5 February 2024 | 16:59

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 pleads not guilty to charges related to bribery of high-ranking cops

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.

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"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.