Brian Wainstein murder trial: Mark Lifman delays testimony of ‘concerned’ Mr.

Another hurdle has emerged in the high-profile murder case of “Steroid King” Brian Wainstein in the Western Cape High Court.

The latest delay comes a week after the Nov. 4 killing of suspected underworld kingpin Mark Lifman in George halted the trial process.

On Monday morning, state prosecutor Attorney Mervyn Menigo informed the court that the state’s key witness, Mr.

Brian Wainstein case: Lifman murder ‘trigger point for concern’

The court heard the psychiatrist who contacted Mr X wrote in a report that he needed a month of rest and treatment, and Lifman’s murder was noted as a new “anxiety trigger point”.

This situation raises the possibility that the case may only continue on March 10, 2025.

But Judge Vincent Saldanha said: “We need to proceed with the case.”

The matter was postponed until Tuesday for a new witness to be sworn in, and possible objections to this are also in preparation.

Security boss Andre Naude in hospital

The court also heard that security boss Andre Naude, one of Lifman’s accomplices and close associates, was hospitalized on Sunday but planned to return to court on Tuesday.

The court has prepared an arrest warrant for him, but as is customary in these circumstances, this decision will be postponed.

Lifman was officially removed from the indictment

During Monday’s proceedings, the abbreviated death certificate of the 57-year-old Cape Town property tycoon and businessman was handed over to the court.

This officially removes Lifman, who was free on R100 000 bail at the time of his death, from the indictment.

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The Wainstein murder case is part of a large, ongoing investigation into organized crime into activities in 2017.

Lifman, who allegedly played a key role in the lucrative nightclub extortion racket in Cape Town, was shot dead in a drive-by in the car park of the Garden Route Shopping Centre.

The suspected killers – Johan Jacobs and Gert “Johnny” Bezuidenhout – were arrested a short time later near Uniondale.

The pair, who work as security experts for PPA Security, will return to the George Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday for a bail hearing.

Lifman’s hit-style killing took place a day before he and 13 other defendants were to be sent to the dock for the ongoing murder of the international steroid trafficker.

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Lifman, Donkie and Red

The Fresnaye businessman was arrested in 2020 along with Jerome “Donkie” Booysen, the alleged leader of the Sexy Boys gang, and William “Red” Stevens, the “general” of the 27s.

Stevens was shot execution-style outside his home in Kraaifontein on February 1, 2021.

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The State also alleged that on November 19, 2017, Lifman was accused of murdering underworld rivals including Nafiz Modack, Booysen’s brother Colin, security company executive Carl Lakay, alleged Woodstock gang boss Ashley Fields, Emile Goodley and former Springbok rugby player. He claimed that he conspired to kill several of its members. star James “Bullet” Dalton.

‘Steriod King’ Wainstein

Interpol fugitive Wainstein was shot five times at point-blank range shortly after midnight on August 18, 2017, while he was fast asleep at his Constantia home next to his girlfriend and their two-year-old child.

Wainstein had a confirmed and alleged criminal history.

in 2007 The Irish Times reported He said he illegally distributed bodybuilding steroids around the world from Dublin and was sentenced to four months in prison.

The so-called “Steroid King” of Irish descent was wanted in the United States at the time of his death for illegally importing anabolic steroids and running a major steroid racket.

Diamonds and anger…

Weinstein was also accused of possessing 12 uncut diamonds and threatening the owners of a Green Point sports supplement business in Cape Town in November 2016.

He was released on police bail on the diamond charge but failed to appear for his first hearing in the Cape Town Magistrates’ Court.

Sunday Times news in 2017 He allegedly ordered the owners of the sports supplements store to stock his brand of Axiolabs steroids.

“He walked into our store and said we wouldn’t sell anything other than what he sold because (Green Point) is his territory, it’s his people, he controls that territory,” said Ryan Pretorius, a partner at Nutrition Rage. At the Green Dot

“He told us if we didn’t sell his stuff we’d never see the day again and he’d blow the place up.”

After the fight, the property owners fled the state.

Allegation that Lifman ‘financed’ the attack on Wainstein

The State alleges that Wainstein’s murder was financed by the late Lifman and that he and others profited from an illegal steroid business that allegedly continued after Wainstein’s death.

Fabian Cupido, who joined the 27 gang after losing his job as a train driver in 2015, signed a plea and sentencing agreement with the state for his role in the underworld conspiracy to kill Wainstein.

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He also claimed he was even tasked by Wainstein to guard Nicole Stanfield, wife of alleged Cape Town gang boss Ralph Stanfield, overnight at the Coco Bar.

On another occasion he claimed to have accompanied former Springbok hooker James Dalton to recover stolen goods in Khayelitsha.

But he admitted to being hostile to Wainstein and helped arrange to kill him.

The state alleges that Wainstein’s murder was financed by Lifman and that he and others profited from an illegal steroid business that continued after Wainstein’s death.

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The state also alleges Wainstein and Lifman had a disagreement over property deals and a plan was later hatched to have Wainstein killed.

Three people are already behind bars for Wainstein’s murder

Three people have already been convicted in connection with the steroid trafficker’s murder:

• Matthew Breet, a former co-owner of a security company, was sentenced to 20 years behind bars;
• Cheslin Adams and Fabian Cupido were each sentenced to 25 years in prison.

Breet’s sentence was imposed in accordance with the plea and sentencing agreement he signed in the Western Cape High Court in December 2018.

Matthew Breet and his brother Sheldon were Wainstein’s bodyguards, according to the state’s summary of facts.

Matthew admitted in the agreement that he started working for Wainstein’s co-worker when he was fired and that he “then conspired with other co-workers to kill the deceased.”

2017 Café Caprice shoot

Hawks spokesman Captain Philani Nkwalase said Adams was arrested by the Hawks’ underworld investigation team on October 27, 2017, after late Springboks star James Small was on the run since a nightclub security turf war shooting at beach bar Café Caprice. He said he was arrested. two people were injured.

In June 2020, Cupido, who was also involved in the brazen Café Caprice attack, was sentenced to 40 years in prison for Wainstein’s murder, illegal firearm possession, money laundering, gang membership and illegal possession of ammunition.

Cupido, who joined the 27 gang after losing his job as a train driver in 2015, signed a plea and sentencing agreement with the state for his role in the underworld conspiracy to kill Wainstein.

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Wainstein murder plot

He admitted that he and Adams attended a meeting at Goodhope Tires in Mitchells Plain on August 17, 2017.

It was planned to kill Wainstein in his luxurious mansion on Hohenort Boulevard, and to kill the deceased at his home in Constantia, at a meeting attended by 27 gang members.

According to Cupido’s plea agreementIt was then decided that Adams would pull the trigger while being the getaway driver.

On the evening of the murder, the defendant met with Matthew Breet to change vehicles.

Breet gave him and Adams a plan of the deceased’s house and details of how to access the property. He emphasized that the deceased person’s girlfriend and child would be at home, but they should not be harmed.

Cupido took Adams and another accomplice home after the murder, and Cupido received payment of R35,000 from Breet the next morning.

Before Wainstein’s murder, there was an assassination attempt on suspected gang boss Ralph Stanfield on July 6, 2017. The state alleges this was due to his close relationship with Wainstein.

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