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So-called private investigator Zane Kilian allegedly had so much personal information on murdered Anti-Gang Unit member Charl Kinnear that he even knew details of the detective
s bond.
The State alleged during his bail application that not only was Kinnear and lawyer William Booth tracked, but their wives and security company players were also targeted for either pinging or having their personal details trawled.
Kilian claims he only worked for a mystery Mr X who needed to know when the police were coming to his house.
On the day the Hawks descended on Zane Kilian s house in Springs in the course of the investigation into Anti-Gang Unit detective Charl Kinnear s murder, he allegedly made a hurried phone call.
Family representative Nicolene Kilian wrote to Justice and Correctional Services Minister Ronald Lamola shortly after an incident on Saturday, 6 December when a prisoner who was visibly sick, she claimed, entered Kilian’s cell at the Goodwood Correctional Facility.
Both Kilian and the prisoner were eventually tested for Covid-19 and, pending the outcome of the results, his scheduled bail application in Bellville Regional Court was postponed to Tuesday, 15 December.
“We have serious concerns for the safety of Zane while in custody, given the risk of the high-profile, public nature of this investigation. It is our belief that being incarcerated for any unnecessary extended period is placing his life at great risk, given the nature of the case,” she wrote.
Murder accused Zane Kilian to spend Christmas, New Year behind bars Kilian is implicated in the assassination of Anti-Gang Unit detective Charl Kinnear. FILE: Lieutenant-Colonel Charl Kinnear was laid to rest on 3 October 2020. Picture: Supplied.
Kilian is implicated in the assassination of Anti-Gang Unit detective Charl Kinnear.
Following a number of postponements, his bail application started at the Bellville Regional Court on Tuesday morning.
Kilian has been in custody since his arrest in September; arrested two days after Kinnear was shot and killed outside his Bishop Lavis home.
The former rugby player faces charges of murder, conspiracy to commit murder and the illegal interception of communication.
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Zane Kilian, charged with the murder of detective Charl Kinnear, was visibly crestfallen to hear he will spend Christmas behind bars.
He had expected to finally apply for bail but yet another possible exposure to Covid-19 within the team led to the matter being postponed to February.
He said his son is having meltdowns because he has been away for so long and he
kept shaking his head in disbelief when the matter was postponed.
Debt collector Zane Kilian will be spending Christmas behind bars as his bail application was postponed again due to an investigator in the case being unable to testify due to being in isolation due to possibly being in contact with someone positive for Covid-19.
News24 Wire Killian was arrested for the 18 September murder of AGU detective Lieutenant-Colonel Charl Kinnear in Bishop Lavis. Zane Killian returns to Cape Town Magistrate s Court, 10 November 2020. Photo by Gallo Images / Brenton Geach
Killian, Kim Smith, Kauther Brown, Ibrahim Deare and Riyaad Gasant face charges related to the attempted murder of lawyer William Booth, who was shot at while in his garage in Cape Town on 8 April during the harder lockdown.
Smith, Brown, Deare, Gasant and one other person who had charges against him withdrawn, had already been arrested. Smith was released on bail.
Killian was arrested for the 18 September murder of AGU detective Lieutenant-Colonel Charl Kinnear in Bishop Lavis.