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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.
The disciplinary action instituted against Anti-Gang Unit (AGU) head Major-General André Lincoln for purportedly failing to provide adequate protection at the home of Lieutenant-Colonel Charl Kinnear two weeks prior to his murder, can be construed as an attempt to divert attention from the bigger picture.
This view was echoed by AGU-members and by Nicolette Kinnear, the widow of Charl Kinnear who was gunned down at about 3pm on Friday 18 September 2020 in front of his house in Gearing Street, Bishop Lavis.
Explaining the bigger picture, three AGU members, who requested anonymity, raised a number of questions with Daily Maverick: Most importantly, they asked, who is the gunman that killed Kinnear, who orchestrated the hit and why aren’t they arrested?
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News24 Wire Killian shook his head repeatedly in disbelief, stepping back and then forward to confer with Van Aswegen over the wooden rail of the dock. Zane Killian returns to Cape Town Magistrate s Court, 10 November 2020. Photo by Gallo Images / Brenton Geach
Killian was arrested in Gauteng after Anti-Gang Unit detective Lieutenant Colonel Charl Kinnear was murdered outside his home in Bishop Lavis, Cape Town, on 18 September.
Kinnear has a long history of working on cases related to firearm possession and testifying in gang murders.
The father of two was shot dead outside his home as he waited for his son to make space for him to park.