Nassif back on the stand

2010-07-30 11:33

Johannesburg - Former security boss, Cinton Nassif, returns to the witness stand on Friday in the trial of convicted drug trafficker Glenn Agliotti at the South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg.

Nassif was head of security for slain mining magnate Brett Kebble.

He is set to face further questions from Agliotti's lawyer Laurence Hodes SC.

On Thursday, the trial wrapped up with Nassif telling the court that Agliotti didn’t give him any money for the Kebble shooting.

He said he sold a property to pay the hired gunmen, his employees, boxer Mikey Schultz, Nigel McGurk and Faizel Smith.

Hodes repeatedly told Nassif that he was lying during cross-examination and probed in detail both his statement to the now defunct Scorpions and his testimony to the court.

Nassif is a section 204 witness - in exchange for indemnity from prosecution, he has to testify honestly.

Agliotti is facing two counts of conspiracy to commit murder, one count of attempted murder and a fourth charge of murder.

The first count is conspiracy to commit the murders of Mark Bristow, Jean Daniel Nortier, Mark Wellesley-Woods and Stephen Mildenhall.

The second count is the attempted murder of Mildenhall.

The last two are related to conspiracy to murder Kebble and his murder.

Kebble was shot in his Mercedes in Melrose, north of Johannesburg in September 2005.
 

- SAPA