Kebble murder weapon ‘cut and scattered’
2010-07-28 16:04
The gun used to kill mining tycoon Brett Kebble was cut into pieces
and scattered along a Johannesburg road, the Johannesburg High Court heard
today.
The State’s fourth witness and an accomplice in the killing, Faizel
Smith, also known as Kappie, told the court he took charge of disposing of the
weapon after Kebble was shot dead in Melrose on September 27 2005.
Smith said: “I took the pieces of the gun with me and threw the
pieces along the road driving home.”
Smith is also a section 204 witness in drug kingpin Glenn
Agliotti’s trial.
He said he threw the barrel and magazine of the weapon into the
Klip River, south of Johannesburg.
Smith, like his accomplices, boxer Mikey Schultz and Nigel McGurk,
described the Kebble shooting to the court.
He told the court all his “instructions” for the shooting came from
Schultz. He described his relationship with Schultz and McGurk as a close
one.
He said: “We are best friends, like brothers.”
During cross-examination of Smith, Agliotti’s counsel advocate
Laurence Hodes established that Agliotti had not conspired with him to “aid or
procure” Kebble’s death.
Smith said Agliotti had never conspired with him nor had he ever
paid him for the shooting.
After his brief testimony, Smith left the witness stand.
Judge Frans Kgomo told him that it would be decided once the trial
concluded whether he would receive indemnity from prosecution.
Section 204 of the Criminal Procedure Act says that a witness may
be granted full indemnity on a charge should he testify for the state and the
court deems this testimony to be honest and frank.