Age of the Assassin: Murder accused Zane Kilian adamant he was not in the Western Cape when top detective Charl Kinnear was gunned down

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For the first time since the assassination of the Anti-Gang Unit Lieutenant- Colonel Charl Kinnear, murder accused Zane Kilian, 39, gave the Court a glimpse into the murky waters of pinging in this country.

Zane Kilian said in his affidavit, submitted by his counsel Advocate Johan van Aswegen as part of his bail application in the Bellville Magistrate’s Court on Friday, 27 November, that he intends pleading not guilty to all charges and argued that the only thing that links him to the murder is that he pinged the cellphone of the deceased in order to locate him.

“I do have the tools to ping a cell. It is done from my cell phone via a platform with the aid of a code. I use this method to trace and repossess motor vehicles for which instalments are in arrears. “It is my respectful submission that other individuals were using the same platform and code, therefore the record of this code cannot link me to the crime. The deceased is unknown to me and I live in Gauteng and the deceased used to live in the Western Cape,” his affidavit reads.that he would not comment on the Zane Kilian matter but said: “I will divulge that Zane Kilian had his very own user name and password that was exclusive to him which I didn’t even know myself.

As to why he should be released on bail Kilian contends his release will not endanger the safety of the public at large adding that he will notinfluence or intimidate any witnesses, not conceal or destroy any evidence, nor evade his trial upon release on bail and that he will adhere to the bail conditions and attend court dates until the case has been finalised.

“I was in Johannesburg with the investigating officer in the murder case of doctor Abdulhay Munshi who said one platform alone had over 500,000 pings but they haven’t disclosed who did the pinging, adding there is a multitude of users.

 

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He was never accused of actually pulling the trigger ? He led the killers to Kinnear , allegedly .

I'm not up to date, but I don't recall anyone saying he was. He was manning the guidance system of the missile. Track, trace whereabouts and guide the assassin in

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