Alleged underworld kingpin Nafiz Modack has drawn sinister links between Elsies River mom Amaal Jantjies and Serbian "assassin" Dobrosav Gavrić.
In the latest of his startling claims, the man accused of plotting the murder of Anti-Gang Unit (AGU) detective Lieutenant-Colonel Charl Kinnear says Jantjies had allegedly worked alongside former AGU boss Major-General Andre Lincoln to get Gavrić released from Helderstroom Prison.
The relationship between Modack and Jantjies was thrust into the limelight several years ago when the Elsies River vrou and her bandiet ex-boyfriend, Janick Adonis, were bust for the grenade attack on Kinnear’s home.
According to the State’s case, the duo allegedly worked with AGU to recover firearms on the Cape Flats in order to obtain bail for Adonis who was in the mang on a separate case.
The State alleges that, working with Modack, they corrupted former AGU officer Sergeant Ashley Tabisher and plotted the failed grenade attack on Kinnear's home which led to the arrest of a gang member known as Faeez "Mamokie" Smit.
Modack, who has been on the stand for several weeks now, has undergone an extensive cross examination by State prosecutor Advocate Greg Wolmarans who interrogated payments made to Jantjies in this time.
Bank records dating back to November 2029 show that Jantjies, who paraded around as an attorney, received a total of R64 000 and was given a BMW to skud to Gavrić.
He claimed: "[She was] trying to get Gavrić out of Helderstroom with Lincoln."
Gavric has spent several years in prison after his true identity was discovered following the murder of suspected Cape Town underworld figure Cyril Beeka, who he worked for.
In recent years, he has been fighting his extradition to his home country where he is accused being behind the assassination of Eljko Ranatovic, a military commander known as Arkan.
As the State questioned him further on the payments, Modack admitted to the court that he agreed to pay her R20 000 for her berk's bail application and in addition to fund a phone and give R10 000 for a man known as "Puppy".
While the nickname "Puppy" is a known name used to reference to Tabisher, who it was claimed could provide information any AGU raids on Modack's home
Analysing the payments made, the State highlighted that as per the earlier agreement Modack made two payments to Jantjies of R20 000 and R12 000.
As the State contended that the second payment was meant to pay Puppy, Modack claimed it was to arrange the handover of his sister-in-law, Roshana Ismail.
But Wolmarans highlighted that Ismail was only arrested three months later and says the bank statements of Jantjies proved that she had in fact drawn the R10 000 cash as agreed on the same day it was sent.
The trial continues
