Glenn Agliotti, the only accused in mining magnate Brett Kebble's murder case, maintains he is innocent while the real killers walk free.
"I had no role to play in it," Agliotti says in a video recording played in the Johannesburg High Court on Thursday during the corruption trial of former top cop Jackie Selebi.
Instead, he alleges the Directorate of Special Operations - also known as the Scorpions - had no interest in convicting those responsible for the murder.
"They didn't care a damn about the Kebble murder because they said Kebble was a rotten piece of rubbish because he stole money from investors."
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'They didn't care a damn about the Kebble murder' Agliotti said the Scorpions' only interest was in bringing Selebi down to prevent the Scorpions from being incorporated into the police.
"They are so obsessed in discrediting Selebi and discrediting SAPS [South African Police Service]."
Kebble was shot dead in his car in Melrose, Johannesburg, on the night of September 27, 2005.
Agliotti was arrested for the murder in November 2006 and was set to go on trial next year.
Agliotti alleges Kebble's former head of security, Clinton Nassif, framed him after making a deal with the Scorpions. Nassif received indemnity for charges including murder after agreeing to be a state witness against Selebi.
'He peed in his pants' Agliotti alleges the deal was made after the Scorpions charged Nassif with insurance fraud in 2006.
In the video, Agliotti says when the Scorpions arrested Nassif they put him in Johannesburg's "Sun City" prison for a night.
"He came out and apparently he had urinated, he peed in his pants. He said 'I will give you guys everything on the Kebble murder but I want 204 [indemnity]'."
According to Section 204 of the Criminal Procedure Act, a person guilty of criminal conduct may testify on behalf of the state in exchange for indemnity from prosecution.
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