Carlo Petersen28 October 2024 | 12:40

Cross-examination of retired top cop in case against alleged gang boss Nafiz Modack postponed

Vearey's cross-examination centres around 25 counts of corruption against Modack. Vearey was due to be cross-examined but the matter was put on hold due to Modack's attorney not being ready to proceed.

Cross-examination of retired top cop in case against alleged gang boss Nafiz Modack postponed

Alleged underworld gang boss Nafiz Modack in the Western Cape High Court on 6 August 2024. Picture: Kayleen Morgan/Eyewitness News

CAPE TOWN - The cross-examination of retired top cop Jeremy Vearey in the trial of alleged underworld gang boss Nafiz Modack has been postponed.

Modack and 14 co-accused faces 122 charges for various crimes, including the murder of Vearey's colleague, Charl Kinnear.

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Vearey's cross-examination centres around 25 counts of corruption against Modack.

He was due to be cross-examined but the matter was put on hold due to Modack's attorney not being ready to proceed.

The State alleges that Modack tried to bribe Vearey and the late Kinnear to return six firearms confiscated from his home in 2017.

Financial records show more than R3 million was made to a middleman, but none to Vearey or Kinnear.

Vearey who denies accepting bribes from Modack, is now set to be cross-examined next Monday.