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Nafiz Modack and Zane Kilian appear in the Western Cape High Court during preliminary hearings. (Jaco Marais/Gallo Images/Die Burger)

Nafiz Modack and Zane Kilian appear in the Western Cape High Court during preliminary hearings. (Jaco Marais/Gallo Images/Die Burger)

The murder trial of Nafiz Modack and others resumed on Monday with testimony on the dramatic events leading up to the attempted murder of Cape Town lawyer William Booth.

Booth was shot at on 9 April 2020, allegedly in an attempted hit commissioned by Modack. 

One theory put forward by the first witness, Mr A, was that Booth represented Modack's rival Donkie Booysen (which Booth denied), and the other is that it was because Booth represented an asset manager being hounded by a disgruntled investor.  

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