Murder accused Zane Kilian’s bail application has been dismissed at the Cape High Court while alleged underworld figure, Nafiz Modack’s bail request has been set done for Friday for his legal team to be provided with sufficient information.
Kinnear murder accused denied bail again
24 May 2021 1:40 PM
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Zane Kilian had previously applied for bail but his application was dismissed by the Bellville Regional Court back in March.
One of the men fingered in the killing of anti-gang unit detective Lieutenant Colonel Charl Kinnear was on Monday denied bail for a second time.
Former professional rugby player Zane Kilian stands accused of the murder of Kinnear who was shot outside his house in Bishop Lavis in September.
Kilian had previously applied for bail but his application was dismissed by the Bellville Regional Court back in March.
Last month, alleged underworld figure Nafiz Modack was
Zane Kilian is one of the accused in the September 2020 assassination of former Anti-Gang Unit (AGU) section head Lieutenant-Colonel Charl Kinnear in Cape Town. One of Kilian’s co-accused is alleged underworld kingpin, Nafiz Modack.
On Monday 24 May, Western Cape High Court judge Ashley Binns-Ward dismissed Kilian’s bail appeal application. The ruling ratified an earlier decision by magistrate Nonkosi Saba on 18 March 2020 denying Kilian bail.
Although Kilian was not the person who shot Kinnear in front of his house in Gearing Street, Bishop Lavis, on 18 September 2020, the state contends that Kilian’s electronic surveillance of the detective’s phone played a vital role in the execution of his murder.