Nafiz Modack's high court return delayed

ALLEGED gang boss Nafiz Modack and his co-accused in the Charl Kinnear murder trial were set to face the High Court after a six-month break, but their return has been pushed back.

The delay comes after Judge Robert Henney was reportedly booked off sick this week, forcing the trial to be rescheduled.

Since the recess in March, Modack is now an official convict after recently being sentenced to seven years imprisonment by the Cape Town Regional Court for bribing a police officer R146 000 in exchange for special treatment.

Modack appeared alongside 14 other accused, including alleged Terrible West Siders leader Moegamat Toufeek “Bubbles” Brown.

They face over 100 charges ranging from murder to money laundering in the case centred on the murder of Kinnear who was gunned down outside his Bishop Lavis home in September 2020.

The court heard from defence lawyer Inge Jansen who represents Brown, Fagmeed Kelly and Jacques Cronje that she filed bail applications for Brown and Cronje in June, which will be heard in due course.

Brown had previously been represented by Nazeer Parker, who withdrew from the case after he was slapped with drug charges alongside his former clients. 

This comes after Brown alongside his co-accused were arrested by the Hawks after tik was brought into the courtroom.

The trial last heard Modack testify claiming he was not behind the murder and that he was being unfairly targeted by cops who he claimed were working with his known rivals, the slain Mark Lifman and Jerome "Donkie" Booysen, to block his alleged efforts to remove drugs from city night clubs. 

He also launched a slew of scathing attacks on former top cops Major-General Jeremy Vearey and the late Major-General Andre Lincoln. 

In a series of allegations, he claimed that cops were being paid by alleged members of the underworld to illegally raid his homes, harass his family and even kill him while he was behind bars. 

The case is now expected to resume on October 13.