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By Theolin Tembo, Tshego Lepule 
6h ago
Cape Town – Defense attorney Eric Breyer explained the timeline that led to the arrest of the defendant in the murder of anti-gang unit detective Charl Kinnear.
The suspect, Zane Killian, 39, appeared in Bishop Lavis Magistrates Court Friday morning on charges of murder, conspiracy to commit murder and illegal wiretapping.
The Hawks’ national spokesman, Brig. Hangwani Mulaudzi, said Kinnear was shot outside his home in Bishop Lavis last Friday, after police protection was stopped in December.
“It is alleged that Kinnear had just arrived home when the suspect approached his car and opened fire on him point-blank,” he said.
Kinnear’s wife, Nicolette, said the family had lived in fear that those who attacked her husband would use her or the children to reach him.
“I think now that he’s gone, the guys and I should be fine,” he said.
His eldest son, Carlisle Kinnear, said: “My last conversation with him was 30 seconds before he was shot. He called me on the phone to get my car out of the driveway, he was standing there waiting for me, ”he said.
Kinnear’s home has three visible cameras mounted on the wall, two of them aimed at where his car was parked at the time of the shooting.
Breyer explained the timeline and the circumstances that led to Killian’s arrest.
“They came to his house Monday night, took him in and questioned him at the Hawks’ Germiston offices.
“They took him to the Midrand police station on Monday, where he spent the night. On Tuesday he was in Midrand’s cells until 3 in the afternoon and brought him here (Cape Town)… he arrived on Wednesday morning.
“He was charged on Thursday afternoon and yesterday the communications varied. We were told (initially) that he hadn’t been charged, we were trying to transfer him to Monday.
“They somehow changed their mind and let us know yesterday (Thursday) afternoon that he had been charged and that he would appear in court today.”
“The interrogation session in my presence was about three hours on Monday or Tuesday night, sorry, I can’t remember. We stopped shortly after midnight.
“Apparently they started questioning him here (in Cape Town) yesterday, but then I gave an instruction, there are no questions to answer without his legal representation there.
Mulaudzi added that “the details of the murder are still unknown.”
“No further arrests are ruled out as investigations are still ongoing.”
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