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Outside the Cape Town High Court in the Western Cape.
Legal representative of alleged crime boss Jerome Booysen has presented a list of offences for which the state witness known as Mr X might be indemnified and prosecuted for.
Advocate Amanda Nel’s cross-examination of Mr X got underway today at the Western Cape High Court.
Booysen and 11 co-accused face charges relating to the murder of the steroid smuggler Brian Wainstein in 2017, and charges related to the Prevention of Organised Crime Act.
The alleged criminal offences include conspiracy to commit murder, money-laundering, defeating the ends of justice, possession of an unlicensed firearm and ammunition, amongst others.
Advocate Nel questioned Mr X about his involvement in the Wainstein murder.
Mr X has admitted to his part in the Wainstein murder and has also implicated Booysen and other suspects.
He told the court that there were two meetings which took place in the weeks leading up to Wainstein’s murder.
The meetings were attended by Booysen, his associate Kamal Naidoo and other suspects at Naidoo’s house in Mitchells’ Plain where the planning of Wainstein’s murder was discussed.
The matter continues.
