The Western Cape High Court reserved judgment after a two-day hearing in an attempt by murder accused and alleged underworld figure Nafiz Modack to appeal against a magistrate’s decision to deny him bail. The Western Cape High Court reserved judgment after a two-day hearing in an attempt by m.
On Friday, 7 May, murder accused Zane Kilian and Nafiz Modack shared the dock with co-accused Jacques Cronje and Ricardo Morgan. However, their brief appearance didn’t relate to either Kinnear’s murder or the attempted hit on Booth.
The purpose of the appearance was to add Kilian’s name to the charge sheet relating to extortion and kidnapping stemming from an incident on 9 March 2020 near the Crystal Towers Hotel on Rialto Road in Century City, Cape Town. The victim was businessman Sameer Vallie.
The charges of intimidation, kidnapping, extortion, money laundering and contravention of the Electronic Communication Act had already been put to Modack, Cronje and Morgan on Monday, 3 May, in the same court.