The crime in South Africa is color-blind.

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Amazing story, where a mining magnate organizes his own "suicide"

Boxer Mikey Schultz was the first state witness to testify on Monday in the South Gauteng High Court in the Kebble murder case, for which drug dealer Glenn Agliotti is in the dock.

Schultz's gripping evidence made it appear as if the universe was conspiring against Kebble's death.

Schultz told the court how a number of unforeseen incidents stood in the way of two previous attempts to kill Kebble, including the gun misfiring twice on one night.

Schultz explained how his former boss, and head of security for the Kebble mines, Clinton Nassif, arranged for Schultz, Nigel McGurk and panel-beating shop owner Faizel "Kappie" Smith to assist Kebble in his own suicide.

They were promised R2-million by Nassif for the shooting, said Schultz, dressed in a black suit with neatly cut hair.

On the initial evening of the planned shooting in September 2005, Schultz claims to have received phone calls from Nassif's wife, Kerry, as well as from Agliotti, to call off the shooting.

A few days later, on September 26, Schultz's wife's Volkswagen Golf GTI, which he, McGurk and Smith were driving in to carry out the shooting in Melrose, overheated at the last minute, leaving them to find a garage and call off the plan. Schultz said that Kebble had been "furious", because he had had to drive around the area looking for them for fear they had "picked up the wrong tail".

On the third attempt, the next night, things didn't go smoothly either. "Kappie flashed his lights and Kebble pulled over to shoulder of road," said Schultz. "We pulled up next to him, my window was in line with his. This was the first time I'd ever seen Mr Kebble. He was in the driver's seat, had both hands on the steering wheel. He looked at me then in front of him and lifted his right shoulder … I aimed at his head, like Clinton instructed me. I pulled the trigger but it did not discharge. I then climbed back into the car and said 'Kappie go!'"

http://www.mg.co.za/article/2010-07-26-court-told-of-failed-attempts-to-kill-kebble


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brett_Kebble