Businessman Kevin Trytsman was allegedly killed by his lawyer on Friday over a R36m contract, Sunday World can exclusively reveal. Sources close to the high profile case said yesterday that the fight between Trytsman and his lawyer, who cannot be named until he appears in court, started at a coffee shop at Bedford Centre in Jozi on Thursday, over a R4m cheque. The source says: “It is not yet clear whose cheque it was.”
Trytsman was allegedly escorted out of the building by two security guards working for the lawyer. On Friday morning, at about 7am, Trytsman arrived at the lawyer’s office accompanied by a friend and demanded all his files as he wanted to change lawyers. Another source says: “Kevin sent his friend, known only as Tobie, to fetch the R36m contract from his car. When Tobie returned with the contract, Kevin had been shot.”
Police spokesman Inspector Roelien Marais told Sunday World yesterday that Trytsman was shot with the lawyer’s licensed firearm while his friend was fetching “contract documents”. “Yes, it is true that there were documents involving a multi-million rand contract,” she said.
The lawyer, who has been practising for more than 20 years, is expected to appear at the Germiston Magistrates’ Court tomorrow.
Trytsman was a self-styled Umkhonto we Sizwe agent who stored weapons and vehicles for the ANC in the 1980s. He was arrested in November 1990 for possession of illegal weapons and stolen vehicles and later granted amnesty by the TRC.
In November 1999 his company, South African Investigation Service Group, was contracted without a tender by then deputy minister of environmental affairs and tourism Rejoice Mabudafhasi to investigate allegations of corruption in the fishing industry and earned a fee of R558000 for 31 days’ work. The deal was cancelled after opposition parties questioned it.
Source: Sunday World
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