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The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) says it is pursuing criminal charges against senior prosecutor Glynnis Breytenbach whom, they claim, is a spy for Israeli intelligence agency Mossad. And supporters of suspended police spy boss Richard Mdluli claim Natie Kirsh is involved.
Correspondence purportedly between expat SA billionaire Natie Kirsh and Breytenbach is the NPA’s smoking gun according to a City Press report on Sunday. The newspaper said it had seen a copy of Kirsh’s letter which, they reported, says: “I know you (Breytenbach) are concerned for my safety, but can assure you that (former Mossad head) Jacob (Perry) has it in hand … I know you two had long discussions in the Bahamas in this regard, and I hope that he was able to allay some of your concerns.”
This is the latest shock development in the bitter battle that has been raging within the NPA for two years. Breytenbach was suspended in April 2012 and faced 15 NPA disciplinary charges of which she was subsequently cleared this year.
Breytenbach has always maintained that she was side-lined because she refused to drop fraud and corruption charges against spy-boss Richard Mdluli related to the plunder of the police’s crime-intelligence slush fund. The NPA is defending a civil society action currently before the courts to ensure that case is not dropped. The NPA has been through three teams of top-flight lawyers before securing the services of Advocate Laurance Hodes last month.
Breytenbach’s attorney, Gerhard Wagenaar, said neither he nor his client had ever seen the ‘Kirsh’ letter – which he insists is forged.
Other references from the ‘Kirsh’ letter include: A proposed meeting with the brother of alleged Ponzi-scheme mastermind Barry Tannenbaum at his home in France; An offer for Breytenbach to use the “PJ” – understood to be a reference to Kirsh’s private jet; and An amount of almost R10-mil which had been placed in the “Nathaniel Trust”.
Kirsh is purported to have written: “I know you are not comfortable with the whole thing, but let’s agree not to discuss it any further. I can afford to lose the money and will not let you do so.”
Jewish Report’s attempts to contact Kirsh’s office for comment were unsuccessful.
