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The house in Windell Road in Plattekloof, which was bought on auction by Cyril Beeka and Czech fugitive Radovan Krejcir. Picture: Leon Lestrade

The future of the upmarket, 11-roomed house that murdered security boss Cyril Beeka bought on auction just months before his death hangs in the balance, thanks to the absence of a will.

He and his business partner, Czech fugitive Radovan Krejcir, bought the posh Plattekloof house for R1.9 million at an auction he attended with alleged Sexy Boys leader Jerome Booysen in November 2010.

Five months later, Beeka was killed in a drive-by shooting in Bellville.

Now Beeka’s brother Edward is believed to have placed the house on the market for R3.9m, but it is unclear who will benefit.

Various attorneys say Beeka’s wife Sonia and the couple’s three children should receive his assets.

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lawyers also told Weekend Argus a small part of his estate may be claimed for Beeka’s love child, a 22-month-old boy, by his mother Natalia Mordvinova, with whom Beeka had an affair.

Mordvinova owns an agency that recruits strippers, mostly from Russia, to work in SA.

Beeka, apparently concerned about a tax audit, registered the house in his brother’s name.

In a further twist, Edward Beeka apparently made a deal with Krejcir following his brother’s death, to repay R1m Cyril Beeka borrowed from Krejcir before his death.

Krejcir told Weekend Argus last week that R250 000 had already been repaid. This was against a sum Krejcir had paid as a deposit on the house.

Adding to the tension over the estate is ownership of a black BMW 3-series that Cyril Beeka gave his eldest daughter Megan for her 21st. The car has now been forfeited to Krejcir as part of the repayment arrangement.

Edward Beeka refused to comment on this issue.

However, one of his friends told Weekend Argus he had handed over the car after being threatened by Krejcir.

Cyril Beeka and Krejcir appear to have had a love-hate relationship when he was still alive, socialising together on the one hand, enjoying family outings, but then seeing their relationship deteriorate into conflict on the other.

The story goes that Krejcir was severely embarrassed by an incident in November 2010, when Beeka allegedly attacked him in full view of patrons at the Casa Blanca nightclub in Green Point.

A source said: “Cyril hit him right through the chairs and tables, and Krejcir had to go to hospital to get stitches.”

However, Krejcir last week denied that Beeka had beaten him, saying it was a big bar fight involving about 20 men.

Shortly before Beeka’s death, he was allegedly told that Krejcir had put out a hit on him. “Cyril was very fond of Radovan. When we heard he had a hit out on Cyril, Cyril didn’t believe it,” someone close to the Beeka family said.

Beeka apparently met Krejcir twice in Cape Town after learning of the hit.

“They discussed the issue over lunch. Cyril asked him whether it was true he had a hit out on him, and Krejcir in turn told Cyril he thought Cyril had a hit out on him. Both denied it to each other,” the source said.

Shortly after the Beeka killing, Krejcir was named as a suspect.

Krejcir denied to the Weekend Argus he had anything to do with Beeka’s murder. - Sunday Argus