Security consultant Steven Sander, a former policeman, told the Johannesburg High Court that he was approached by his former business partner, Clinton Nassif, to find "a pill that could induce a heart attack" a month before Kebble's death. The pill was intended for Kebble's pilot and the plan was to cause a plane crash while Kebble was aboard. Sander testified that when he found out that the pill was to help Kebble die, he told Nassif he wanted out.
"Just before I said that to Mr Nassif, he said he was under pressure to obtain a pill or to find some other means to kill Mr Kebble so it would be like a suicide, or a hit - so that his insurance would still pay out and look after the family," Sander testified. "Nassif asked if I was prepared to do a hit on Kebble. I said no," said Sander.
Agliotti, charged with orchestrating Kebble's murder, also faces charges of the attempted murder of former Allan Gray auditor Stephen Mildenhall.
But yesterday Sander said: "I never discussed the pill with [Agliotti] or the Mildenhall incident."
Sander testified that a couple of weeks before the killing, he saw Kebble's business partner, John Stratton, at the Johannesburg Consolidated Investments office.
"We were alone, and Stratton asked if I found 'the stuff' yet. I assumed Stratton was referring to the pill. I told him that I hadn't, and that I was finding it very difficult to obtain," he said.
"He got a phone call, and that is when Mr Kebble walked into the office. Kebble asked Stratton if Nassif had obtained what he was looking for. Stratton said he had just spoken to me, and he was still working on it.
"Kebble was very, very upset, and turned around and walked out the office."
The trial will continue today. The prosecutor told the court that the state was near to wrapping up its case against Agliotti.
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