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CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA – NOVEMBER 10: Zane Kilian appears at the Cape Town Magistrates Court on November 10, 2020 in Cape Town, South Africa. Killian is reported to have appeared with four other suspects in connection with the failed attempt on the life of Cape Town lawyer William Booth in April this year. (Photo by Gallo Images / Brenton Geach)
For the first time since the assassination of Anti-Gang Unit Lt. Col. Charl Kinnear, murder defendant Zane Kilian, 39, gave the Court a glimpse into the murky waters of ping in this country.
Zane Kilian said in his affidavit, filed by his attorney, attorney Johan van Aswegen as part of his request for bail in Bellville Magistrates Court on Friday, November 27, that he intends to plead not guilty to all charges and argued that the only thing that links him to the murder is that he pinged the deceased’s cell phone to locate him.
The state insists his ping is part of the plot that claimed Kinnear’s life on Friday, September 18, in front of his home at 10 Gearing Road, Bishop Lavis. Kilian, a debt collector and former rugby player, reportedly pinged Kinnear’s phone 2,116 times until the very moment the lead detective was brutally eliminated.
In addition to the murder charge, Kilian also faces one count of conspiracy to commit murder and illegal interception of communications. He also faces similar charges in the attempted murder of criminal lawyer William Booth.
“I have the tools to ping a cell. It is done from my cell phone through a platform with the help of a code. I use this method to track and recover motor vehicles whose fees are overdue.
“The software and user code for this tool were obtained from Mr. Goldblatt. It is well known to the research team on this matter. He loaded the software onto my cell phone and provided me with a code, ”Kilian said.
Kilian further underlined that he knew that neither the platform nor the code were unique to him, adding that he bought pings from the provider and then some of them would disappear from his account. And when he complained, they were replaced free of charge, Kilian added.
“It is my respectful presentation that other people were using the same platform and code, therefore, the registration of this code cannot link me to the crime. I do not know the deceased and I live in Gauteng and the deceased used to live in the Western Cape ”, reads his affidavit.
Brad Goldblatt said Rogue citizen that he would not comment on the Zane Kilian matter, but said: “I am going to divulge that Zane Kilian had his own username and password that were unique to him and that I did not even know. I would also like to have seen in writing all the accusations that Kilian has made against me. “
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In his affidavit, Kilian also indicated that he had a solid alibi the day Kinnear was killed. He has submitted photographs from CCTV footage showing that on Friday, September 18, he was at Hillcrest Chemist in Springs, Gauteng, to buy medicine for his autistic son.
Aside from mentioning that her son is a child with special needs, Kilian revealed for the first time that he is bipolar and needs daily medication.
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As for why he should be released on bail, Kilian maintains that his release will not jeopardize the safety of the general public, adding that it will not. Among others influence or intimidate witnesses, not hide or destroy any evidence, or evade their judgment upon being released on bail and that you will adhere to the conditions of the bond and attend court dates until the case is finalized.
Kilian’s attorney, Eric Bryer, said: “On Friday, November 27, we delivered an affidavit and the court was very nice about it and the state requested a postponement so that they can study the document and submitted an affidavit in response so that the subject () is fully aired on Tuesday, December 1 “.
Digging deeper into the ping, he reiterated that the gist of the allegations made in Kilian’s affidavit was that he was pinging and not a shooter. Pinging someone is not shooting someone and from that point of view, since this case happened, the entire pinging world has been exposed, he explained.
“I was in Johannesburg with the investigating officer for the murder of Dr. Abdulhay Munshi, who said that a single platform had more than 500,000 pings but they have not revealed who did the ping, adding that there are a multitude of users.
“It’s very suspicious that the police could have said that Zane pinged Kinnear’s phone calls 2,200 times, but after two months they still haven’t come up with the ping balance but there are 500,000 pings so it’s going to take a long time. do an analysis. But there are definitely many, many people pinging and it is certainly not responsible for all the deaths in South Africa and it also got on the platform in February 2020, ”Bryer said.
“Hopefully we will soon have an affidavit confirming the number of pings of all other people by several different owners,” he added.
Eric Ntabazalilia, a spokesman for the National Tax Authority, confirmed that the state will only present its documents in court when the bail request resumes on Tuesday. DM / MC
