Larry Hurwitz, a pinging platform developer, testifies from the US. (Jenni Evans/News24)
It took two Google searches by Zane Kilian’s lawyer to disprove a ping platform developer’s claim his device was more accurate than conventional cellphone tower triangulation.
After listening to technology entrepreneur Larry Hurwitz testify on Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon via the online platform Teams, Kilian’s lawyer, advocate Pieter Nel, finally had a chance to ask questions that might advance his client’s case that he was not pinging for murder, but for debt collection.
Kilian was the first to be arrested by the Hawks in connection with Anti-Gang Unit detective Charl Kinnear’s hit on 18 September 2020.
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