Alleged underworld kingpin Modack to spend first night in notorious Pollsmoor prison
Cape Town - Alleged underworld boss Nafiz Modack will spend his first night at Pollsmoor Prison after a week in the police holding cells and he has indicated he intends on opening a case of attempted murder against the Bellville Special Task Force.
His case, together with two others including Zane Kilian,
will be moved to Blue Downs Regional Court for security reasons.
Modack, Jacques Cronje and Ricardo Morgan, who were arrested
last week during a high-speed chase in Century City, were joined by Kilian in
the dock at the Cape Town Magistrates’ Court on Friday morning for a list of
charges relating to intimidation, kidnapping, extortion, money laundering, and
contravention of the Electronic Communications Act.
This relates to an incident which allegedly took place on
March 9 last year at Crystal Towers Hotel, Century City, where Modack and
Morgan allegedly threatened to kill or damage the properties of Sameer Valley,
claiming he (Valley) owed Shanil Maharaj R545 000.
Kilian, who is separately charged for the murder of
Anti-Gang Unit commander Lieutenant-Colonel Charl Kinnear, who was assassinated
outside of his home in Bishop Lavis last September and the attempted murder of
advocate William Booth, was also added to the group.
State prosecutor Adnaan Gelderbloem said consultation had
taken place with the regional head at Blue Downs Regional Court for most cases
Kilian and others faced jointly to be consolidated and transferred to the
regional court on May 20 for security reasons.
But this was not met well with Modack’s lawyer, Advocate
Dirk Uys who said the date was too far and did not give his client the correct
rights he was entitled to.
After a brief discussion, the parties agreed that the date
of May 14 would be suitable for a bail application and the consolidation of
charges.
Modack would, however, still join AGU member Ashley Tabisher
in the dock at Bishop Lavis Magistrate’s Court on Monday where they face
charges of corruption.
The State alleges the two had a corrupt relationship whereby
Modack allegedly entrusted Amaal Jantjies and her boyfriend, Janick Adonis to
persuade Tabisher to communicate when Modack’s home in Plattekloof would be
raided, for a payment of R10 000.
Modack, Cronje and Morgan were arrested on April 29
following an investigation by the Hawks and AGU, and were nabbed during a
high-speed chase where illegal firearms were found inside their vehicles in
Century View, Century City.
While Modack is facing another charge, that of the attempted
murder of Advocate William Booth in April 2020, he is also charged with
attempted murder, conspiracy to commit murder and illegal pinging, while Morgan
faces a count of money laundering relating to Booth’s incident.
Modack and Morgan are also charged with money laundering and
the acquisition, possession or use of unlawful activities for allegedly
accruing property of R600 000 near Crystal Towers Hotel, Century City, on March
9, 2020.
During the high-speed chase, Modack is alleged to have tried
to evade the police.
He is therefore charged with reckless driving, attempted
murder and resisting arrest after allegedly attempting to run over a police
officer.
This matter was also postponed to May 14.
As proceedings came to an end, Uys informed the court that
his client intended on opening a case of attempted murder against the Bellville
police station station commander, where he was held in custody for a week.
Details of this were not revealed.
As was the high presence of police inside court, Modack and
his co-accused were greeted by a fleet of heavily armed police as they were
escorted from the courthouse.
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