Donkie Pings Under Scrutiny
The examination of the pinging of alleged Sexy Boys gang leader Jerome “Donkie” Booysen, purportedly directed by Nafiz Modack, was a focal point in the Western Cape High Court on Monday.
Modack’s co-defendant Zane Kilian took the stand to implicate the accused underworld figure as the one who ordered the cellphone ping of Donkie.
Kilian returned to testify under cross-examination by State prosecutor Greg Wolmarans, who highlighted inconsistencies in his account.
Kilian faces charges alongside Modack and 13 others in a significant underworld trial focused on the homicide of slain Anti-Gang Unit detective Lieutenant-Colonel Charl Kinnear.
This group is confronted with a total of 124 charges, including various counts of illegal cellphone information interception.
The State’s allegations assert that Kilian utilized the LAD platform to track several targets indicated by Modack, which included Kinnear and criminal lawyer William Booth.
During his questioning on Monday, Wolmarans pointed out the similarities in the tracking of both Booth and Kinnear, noting that both individuals were pinged extensively before their shootings.
A list of pings presented in court indicated that Kinnear, Booth, and Booysen were among the top three individuals monitored by Kilian.
The data revealed that Kinnear was pinged a staggering 2149 times, followed by Booth with 658 instances, and Donkie with 194 pings.
Wolmarans questioned Kilian about why he, having identified Booysen as a “gang boss,” did not question the necessity of pinging him.
Kilian explained to the court that he was ordered by Modack to ping Booysen to determine if he was meeting with Kinnear.
“Who instructed you to ping Mr. Booysen?” Wolmarans inquired, as Kilian confirmed it was Modack.
Kilian further disclosed that Modack also directed him to ping Donkie’s son, Joel Booysen, the deceased alleged underworld figure Mark Lifman, and purported 28s gang boss Ralph Stanfield.
He also admitted that Modack sought to ping high-ranking police officers, including Major-General Jeremy Vearey, Major-General Andre Lincoln, and Mayco member for safety and security JP Smith.
As Kilian claimed those he was tracking had intentions of “killing Modack,” Judge Robert Henney questioned the credibility of this statement.
“When you observed the names of police officers, you didn’t utter ‘hold on’?”
Kilian asserted that he did not question Modack.