Alleged gang boss Nafiz Modack set to go on trial on Tuesday
Modack and 14 other accused face a slew of charges related to the murder of slain anti-gang unit detective, Charl Kinnear, who was shot and killed outside his Bishop Lavis home in September 2020.
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, is due to go on trial in the Western Cape High Court on Tuesday.
Modack and 14 other accused face a slew of charges related to the murder of slain anti-gang unit detective, Charl Kinnear, who was shot and killed outside his Bishop Lavis home in September 2020.
According to the State, Modack and his co-accused are also behind the murder of Nico Heerschap, the father of a Hawks officer, as well as the attempted murder of criminal lawyer, William Booth.
The State alleges that Modack, along with five of the other accused, murdered Heerschap in Melkbostrand on 9 July in 2019.
It is alleged Modack, and three of the other accused, also attempted to murder Booth on 9 April in 2020.
Then it is alleged that Modack and his co-accused masterminded the murder of Kinnear.
Modack has pleaded not guilty to 124 charges, some of which include murder, attempted murder, managing a criminal enterprise, money laundering and defeating the ends of justice.