Ziyaad Poole, who has allegedly been linked to what the state has dubbed “The Nafiz Modack Enterprise,” will remain in custody until next month when he is due to return to the Cape Town Regional court for judgement in his bail application.
This comes after Hawks detective Pieter Joubert’s affidavit opposed the application last week, while also elaborating on some of the intricacies of the case.
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Joubert made it clear that there were no allegations of gang membership against the accused but added that there was evidence that he was associated with Modack.
According to the affidavit, it is alleged that Poole served as a middle man between Modack and his cousin and co-accused, Terrible West Sider’s gang leader, Moegamat Toufeeq Brown.
Poole along with Brown, Zane Killian, Fagmeed Kelly, Riyaad Gesant and Mario Petersen, are facing charges pertaining to their alleged involvement in the grenade attack on slain Anti-Gang Unit detective Charl Kinnear’s home, as well as the murders of Nicolaas Heerschap and Richard Joseph, and the failed hits on William Booth and Andre Naude.
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According to Joubert, Poole was identified as the individual who delivered cash for the failed hand grenade attack on Kinnear’s house to Amaal Jantjies.
The investigator also placed Poole at Brown’s home after Heerschap had been killed.
Confessed shooter, Abongile Nqobi, said that Poole had delivered a blue plastic bag containing R25 000 in cash to Brown’s home after the death of Heerschap. He also claimed that Modack had told him that Poole would be his contact person once the murder had been completed.
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“The applicant gave Bongi R3 000 and told him that there was a white man that he must kill for accused one (Modack).”
“This man was allegedly in conflict with accused one regarding the night club industry.”
“It was clear that the applicant was giving instructions on accused one’s behalf. This white male was later identified as André Naude.”
According to Joubert, Nqodi said that he had spent months tracking Booth before the failed attempt on the lawyer’s life.
Joubert said that as he gathered from Nqodi, “accused one wanted William Booth dead as payback because he suspected that Mark Lifman and Jerome Booysen were behind the murder of advocate Pete Mihalik”.
He also said that Poole had previously acknowledged payments from Modack’s Empire Investment Cars but was reluctant to give details of what he was being paid for.
“The applicant mentioned that he hated Nafiz Modack and clearly tried to distance himself from Modack,” reads the affidavit. “All evidence gathered at that stage contradicted this aspect and indicated that he was Modack’s right-hand man.”
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