Modack trial: Court instructs prosecutors to retrieve deleted phone recordings belonging to an accused

CAPE TOWN - The High Court in Western Cape has instructed prosecutors to retrieve recordings deleted from a cellphone belonging to one of the accused in the Nafiz Modack case.

Amaal Jantjies is facing several charges of conspiracy to commit murder for allegedly plotting three botched attacks on top cop Charl Kinnear in 2019.

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Modack, an alleged underworld gang boss, and his 14 co-accused face 122 charges related to Kinnear's murder in 2020.

Defence attorney Pauline Andrews cross-examined Hawks officer, Captain Trevor Shaw, about evidence extracted from two of Jantjies' cellphones.

Andrews informed the court that Jantjies believes 29 audio recordings, which contain crucial evidence, were deleted from her phones.

According to Jantjies, the recordings will show that former Anti-Gang Unit boss, Andre Lincoln, was involved in plotting the attacks on Kinnear.