Modack trial resumes with defence attorneys to cross-examine Hawks officer

CAPE TOWN - Defence attorneys in the trial against alleged underworld gang boss, Nafiz Modack, will on Monday continue with the cross-examination of Hawks officer, Captain Trevor Shaw.

Modack and 14 co-accused face 122 charges related to various crimes, including the murder of top cop, Charl Kinnear, outside his Bishop Lavis home in September 2020.

Evidence gathered by Shaw shows that two of the co-accused on trial plotted three attacks on Kinnear in November 2019.

Amaal Jantjies and Yannick Adonis last week admitted that they plotted to kill anti-gang unit detective, Charl Kinnear, allegedly on behalf of his colleague, anti-gang unit's General Andre Lincoln.

It is the State's case that Modack promised to fund a bail application for Adonis, who was in jail for murder at the time, if Jantjies could orchestrate a hit on Kinnear.

Cellphone evidence gathered by Shaw shows that Jantjies and Adonis plotted three botched attacks on Kinnear in November 2019.

Last week, Jantjies' attorney, Pauline Andrews, told the court her client insists she was instructed to put a hit on Kinnear by Lincoln.

Defence attorneys for Adonis and Modack are set to cross-examine Shaw when the trial resumes on Monday.