Modack trial: Kilian says he was told to be silent after Kinnear’s murder

CAPE TOWN - Alleged underworld gang boss Nafiz Modack's co-accused, Zane Kilian, said he was told to keep his mouth shut after the murder of top cop Charl Kinnear.  

Kilian faced intense cross-examination on Thursday to answer for allegedly tracking the whereabouts of Kinnear before he was shot dead outside his Bishop Lavis home in September 2020.  

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Kilian told the court Modack told him to make contact with criminal defence attorney Eric Bryer on the day Kinnear was murdered.  

Kilian admitted Bryer then helped him to manufacture a cover-up story to explain why he was pinging Kinnear.  

Evidence shows Bryer also instructed Kilian to send his banking details to receive a payment from co-accused Ricardo Morgan.  

Financial records show Bryer received two payments of R50,000 from Morgan during the same period.  

Kilian also admitted that when he was arrested two days after Kinnear's murder, Bryer told him to keep his mouth shut, or he would have to pick out coffins for himself and his children.