Pietermaritzburg - Pietermaritzburg businessman Ravijee Soni, 37, wanted his former friend Dr Bhavish Sewran out of KwaZulu-Natal, as he suspected Sewran of having an affair with his wife, the Pietermaritzburg High Court heard on Wednesday.
He allegedly used a police officer's need for money to feed his drug addiction to devise schemes to harass him, and allegedly laid false charges which caused Sewran to appear in court.
Soni faces a charge of murder for allegedly hiring Sabelo Dlamini to kill Sewran as he left his surgery in May 2013.