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Head of the Anti-Gang Unit, Major General Andre Lincoln.
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- Western Cape Anti-Gang Unit commander Andre Lincoln faces an internal police investigation.
- The investigation relates to his alleged lack of guarantee that AGU detective Charl Kinnear would be assigned protection after police uncovered a potential plot to assassinate him.
- Kinnear was shot and killed outside his Bishop Lavis home two weeks after police learned his phone was being traced.
The head of the Western Cape Anti-Gang Unit (AGU), Major General Andre Lincoln, faces an internal investigation for his alleged lack of assurance that AGU Detective Charl Kinnear had bodyguards after police learned that there could be an attempt on his life.
Despite the warning, Kinnear was shot and killed two weeks later by an as-yet unidentified trigger while sitting alone in his car outside his Bishop Lavis home on September 18.
News24 previously reported that senior police leadership had been warned prior to the murder that Kinnear’s movements were being tracked using shadow mobile phone surveillance technology.
READ | Top cops ‘knew Kinnear’s phone was being tracked’ two weeks before his murder
Now Lincoln, Kinnear’s immediate commander, is in the line of fire for allegedly failing to ensure that the veteran detective had a protective detachment.
A copy of the formal notice informing him of the investigation, obtained by News24, could see the blame for the fact that Kinnear died without protection, assigned to Lincoln.
“He allegedly committed a foul in that period between September 3 and 18 [the period when police already knew Kinnear was being surveilled] failed / failed to implement protection, “it reads.
The second charge related to his alleged failure to inform the Western Cape Police Commissioner and the Provincial Chief of Criminal Intelligence of the looming threat.
Lincoln wouldn’t be drawn to comment on Thursday.
Former rugby player Zane Kilian is said to have tracked the phone of AGU detective Charl Kinnear thousands of times before the officer was killed. The police investigation into his death has revealed that Kilian was not the only man guarding Kinnear.https: //t.co/eEQHVNcJD4
– News24 (@ News24) January 9, 2021
Kinnear’s alleged tracker, Zane Kilian, who falsely claimed to be a debt collector and private investigator but was not registered as none, was arrested and charged in connection with the policeman’s murder.
Kilian is accused of using cell phone tracking software to illegally track Kinnear 2,442 times up to minutes before his death and has been held without bail for almost four months.
Police spokesman Brigadier Vish Naidoo said he was seeking more information.
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