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.
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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.