Facing 122 charges, Nafiz Modack set to take stand to tell court his version of events

CAPE TOWN - Alleged underworld crime boss, Nafiz Modack, is set to take the stand on Thursday to tell the court his version of events related to the 122 charges he faces.

Modack and his 14 co-accused are on trial for various crimes, including murder, extortion, money laundering, racketeering, and fraud.

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Evidence presented in court by Edward du Plessis shows Modack allegedly used millions in extorted money, which he laundered through a front company, to pay some of the accused to commit crimes.

The State alleges Modack used the front company’s bank account to pay co-accused Zane Kilian to track slain top cop, Charl Kinnear, up to a day before his murder in September 2020.

Modack is also accused of plotting other murders, including the father of a Hawks officer, Nicholaas Heerschap, and tow-truck driver Richard Joseph, as well as the attempted murder of prominent Cape Town attorney, William Booth.

A self-confessed gunman and two other co-accused have already told the court they acted on Modack’s instruction to commit crimes.