Nafiz Modack trial: Cross-examination of Hawks detective to continue on Monday
Modack and 14 of his co-accused were back at the Western Cape High Court on Thursday, facing more than 100 criminal charges.
Alleged gang boss, Nafiz Modack (top left), and his co-accused appeared in the Western Cape High Court on 31 July 2024. Picture: Carlo Petersen/EWN
CAPE TOWN - The case against alleged underworld figure, Nafiz Modack, and others has been postponed to Monday to continue the cross-examination of the State's key witness, Hawks detective Edward du Plessis.
Modack and 14 of his co-accused were back at the Western Cape High Court on Thursday, facing more than 100 criminal charges.
At the centre of this case is the assassination of former Cape Town top detective, Charl Kinnear, almost four years ago.
The State believes Modack was involved in his murder.
Modack's lawyer, Mohamed Bashier Sibda, presented his client's version of events in court during Du Plessis’s cross-examination.
He told the court that when the trial resumed on Monday, they would deal with the State's allegations that Modack hired his co-accused, Zain Kilian, to use a cellphone tracking platform to ping various targets for him.
Evidence previously presented by Du Plessis showed that Kilian pinged Kinnear several times before his murder in September 2020.
It also showed that Kilian pinged prominent criminal defence lawyer, William Booth, before and after an attempt on his life in April of that same year.
Sibda told the court that he would prove that the charges against Modack were fabricated.