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Jaco Marais
Cape Town lawyer William Booth s house was scouted several times before three gangsters tried to kill him.
On one occasion, two of the gangsters got high in the bushes before the hit, but one fell into a hole and hurt his leg.
He had to go to Groote Schuur Hospital for treatment, annoying the prison gangster who ordered the hit.
The details of the attempted hit on Cape Town lawyer William Booth were released in an unexpected plea and sentencing agreement in the Cape Town Regional Court on Friday.
However, instead of a sleek coterie of assassins, the mission turned out to be almost impossible as the hitman fell into a hole in bushes near Booth s house after getting high during one of the attempts.
The suspects are believed to be affiliated to a local taxi association and allegedly posed as clients luring the e-hailing taxi operator to a specific location in Bellville.
Wife hopes for breakthrough in Kinnear case
By Genevieve Serra
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The wife of slain Anti-gang Unit sector commander Lieutenant-Colonel Charl Kinnear has revealed police are working strongly behind the scenes, hoping to secure a possible breakthrough soon.
Nicolette Kinnear said she was left shaken by recent grim court details about a hand grenade planned for her family home.
Police Minister Bheki Cele with Nicolette Kinnear. TRACEY ADAMS African News Agency (ANA)
Kinnear, who was married for 27 years to Charl Kinnear, began a Facebook page called “Justice for LT/Col Charl Kinnear” following the assassination of her husband last September in front of their home in Bishop Lavis, giving the public continual updates on court proceedings.