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By Shanice Naidoo, Sisonke Mlamla 
57m ago
Cape Town – The man arrested after the murder of the Western Cape’s top policeman, Lt. Col. Charl Kinnear, made his first court appearance on Friday morning.
The suspect, Zane Killian, 39, appeared in Bishop Lavis Magistrates Court on charges of murder, conspiracy to commit murder and illegal wiretapping.
Kinnear was shot and killed outside his home a week ago. It is alleged that he was hit. Killian is believed to have tracked down Kinnear through his phone.
The case was postponed until October 5 for further investigation.
The NPA said they would object to bail if the defense filed an application.
Eric Bryer, the defense investigative attorney, said the arrest warrant was issued to his client on September 20. The Hawks went to his home Monday night and took him in for questioning in Germiston at the Hawks’ offices.
He said Killian was interrogated for three hours until midnight. He was then held in the detention cells at Midrand Police Station overnight.
Hawks spokesman Brig. Hangwani Mulaudzi said “the suspect was arrested in Gauteng on Wednesday and the details surrounding the murder are still unknown.”
“No further arrests are ruled out as investigations are still ongoing.”
According to news reports, Killian is a former professional rugby player from Springs in Gauteng’s East Rand.
Kinnear, 52, a senior detective with the Anti-Gang Unit, was killed outside his home in Bishop Lavis on Friday. He had been working on several high-profile cases involving some of the province’s top gang bosses.
Kinnear was central to various investigations in the underworld and was investigating the alleged underworld figures, Nafiz Modack and Colin Booysen. He was also working on the murder cases of motorcycle chief Tim Lotter and Cape Town defender Pete Mihalik.
Police have been under public pressure to make an arrest in the Kinnear affair after questions arose about why his armed protection was withdrawn.
Police Minister Bheki Cele and National Police Commissioner General Khehla John Sitole have vowed to devote all their resources to arresting those responsible for Kinnear’s murder.
Private forensic investigator Paul O’Sullivan has offered a million rand for the successful prosecution of those responsible for the murder.
The Bishop Lavis Community Police Forum (CPF), family, friends and police officers gathered outside Kinnear’s home on Gearing Road in Bishop Lavis on Thursday to celebrate his life.
The emotional service was attended by his AGU colleagues, the province’s senior police officers, Cape Town Mayor Dan Plato and South African Human Rights Commission Commissioner Chris Nissen.
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