Nafiz Modack trial: Hawks officer set to be cross-examined

Hawks officer Captain Edward du Plessis is set to be cross-examined in the high-profile trial against alleged underworld gang boss Nafiz Modack on Monday.

Modack, along with 14 others, faces 124 charges related to racketeering, murder, and other crimes, including the murder of top cop Charl Kinnear.

Captain Du Plessis last week presented evidence of how Modack and co-accused Zane Killian gained access to Kinnear’s and criminal defence attorney William Booth’s personal details.

The trial centres around the murder of Kinnear, who was shot dead in front of his Bishop Lavis home in September 2020, and the attempted murder of Booth outside his Higgovale home in April 2020.

It is the State’s case that Modack hired Killian to trace Kinnear and Booth and gain access to their personal information by using a computer platform designed for police.

Du Plessis also produced evidence that Modack tried to bribe top cop Jeremy Vearey and Kinnear after being approached by a middleman.

The trial continues in the Western Cape High Court on Monday.

-EWN

In other news – Trouble in paradise: Letoya Makhene leaves wife, Lebo seriously injured after scalding her with boiling water

Popular South African actress and singer Letoya Makhene has allegedly scalded her spouse, Lebohang Pulumo Keswa, with boiling water, bludgeoned her with an ironing board, and also threw a vase at her before damaging furniture and burning down the curtains of their Randfontein marital home.

These incidents occurred on three separate occasions in the past three years. Ma-khene has also slept with a married Nigerian drug merchant behind Keswa’s back in exchange for narcotics. Read More