Cape Town - Audio recordings by alleged under-world kingpin, Nafiz Modack, took centre stage in the Western Cape High Court on Tuesday.
A slew of allegations against the Anti-Gang Unit (AGU), high-ranking police officers and notorious figures such as Mark Lifman, were heard as Modack returned to the witness stand.
After days of delays, Modack’s grand plan to allegedly expose information not previously known to the public left much to be desired as it was found that the audios stemmed from conversations with his former friend, Mohamed Hanware.
Hanware, who was a State witness, took the stand last year where he told Judge Robert Henney that he conned Modack into believing that he had corrupted former top cop Major-General Jeremy Vearey.
Hanware claimed that while Modack believed he was paying corruption monies to Vearey via Hanware, he told Modack lies to recover money that Modack had owed him.
In a recording with a man identified as “Spencer Dunlop”, Modack says he was informed that the AGU had been used as a “personal hit squad” to murder innocent people. While Modack claimed “Spencer” was an officer stationed at AGU, his lawyer told the court he had been unable to trace him.
Modack also claimed police were behind the murder of Kinnear. Questioned by Legal Aid lawyer, Advocate Bash Sibda why he thought this, Modack answered: “Infighting between his bosses and crime intelligence, my Lord.”
But Judge Henney asked if he was expressing an opinion or whether he had first-hand knowledge that the police were responsible for the killing of Kinnear.
“My Lord, Colonel Kinnear had a 59-page affidavit in which he complained to the national commissioner General Sithole. In that 59-page affidavit there was information that crime intelligence was standing outside his house surveilling his house.”
Modack conceded that he had no personal knowledge of who was responsible for the murder of Kinnear and was lashed by Judge Henney, who said: “If you can’t testify about that then that evidence is inadmissible.”
Cape Argus