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Johannesburg – Former security boss Clinton Nassif on Thursday told the South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg that murder accused Glenn Agliotti did not kill mining magnate Brett Kebble.
As cross-examination drew to a close, defence counsel Laurence Hodes put it to Nassif that Agliotti “was not involved in any way” in conspiring to “aid or procure the murders of Stephen Mildenhall, Jean Daniel Nortier, Dr Mark Bristow and Mark Wellesley Woods”.
This relates to the first charge against Agliotti.
Nassif replied: “Between Glenn and me there was no plan to follow the instructions to kill these people.” The instructions apparently came from Kebble and his business partner John Stratton.
On Agliotti’s involvement in the second charge, the attempt on Mildenhall’s life, Nassif replied: “He knew about it… he wasn’t involved.”
Nassif denied that Agliotti had no involvement in the conspiracy to kill Kebble.
He then denied that Agliotti murdered Kebble.
Relentless cross-examination
Nassif had faced five days of Hodes’ relentless cross-examination, often losing his cool.
He was a section 204 witness who may be protected from prosecution should his testimony to the court be deemed fair.
Hodes took his time attempting to break down Nassif’s credibility and to paint him as a “liar” who sought to implicate Agliotti to protect himself.
The State, led by deputy director of public prosecutions in Gauteng Dan Dakana, began re-examining their witness after a short tea break on Thursday.
Nassif appeared more relaxed, chatting to a man sketching the court scene.
Agliotti had approached the man during the tea break and asked him to draw him “thinner”, to laughter from the prosecution team sitting nearby.
As cross-examination drew to a close, defence counsel Laurence Hodes put it to Nassif that Agliotti “was not involved in any way” in conspiring to “aid or procure the murders of Stephen Mildenhall, Jean Daniel Nortier, Dr Mark Bristow and Mark Wellesley Woods”.
This relates to the first charge against Agliotti.
Nassif replied: “Between Glenn and me there was no plan to follow the instructions to kill these people.” The instructions apparently came from Kebble and his business partner John Stratton.
On Agliotti’s involvement in the second charge, the attempt on Mildenhall’s life, Nassif replied: “He knew about it… he wasn’t involved.”
Nassif denied that Agliotti had no involvement in the conspiracy to kill Kebble.
He then denied that Agliotti murdered Kebble.
Relentless cross-examination
Nassif had faced five days of Hodes’ relentless cross-examination, often losing his cool.
He was a section 204 witness who may be protected from prosecution should his testimony to the court be deemed fair.
Hodes took his time attempting to break down Nassif’s credibility and to paint him as a “liar” who sought to implicate Agliotti to protect himself.
The State, led by deputy director of public prosecutions in Gauteng Dan Dakana, began re-examining their witness after a short tea break on Thursday.
Nassif appeared more relaxed, chatting to a man sketching the court scene.
Agliotti had approached the man during the tea break and asked him to draw him “thinner”, to laughter from the prosecution team sitting nearby.
