CT attorney has been killed at his home

Nontando Mafanya

08 November 2016

A prominent Cape Town attorney has been murdered outside his home in Lansdowne.

Noorudien Hassan, was shot several times in a car last night. 

The police's Noloyiso Rwexana says a murder investigation is underway.

Hassan was defending Cape Town music festival promoter David Forbes, who is accused of murdering Toufiq Joseph at a Cape Town fuel station in January last year.

The Cape Law Society has sent condolences to Hassan's family. 

Chairperson of the Cape Law Society's criminal law committee William Booth has described the murder as a shock.