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title: "Watch – Mark Lifman: His voice notes and letter of demand sent just days before his assassination"
description: "A high-stakes game of cat and mouse. A businessman accused of murder, silenced by an assassin’s bullet. Who pulled the trigger? And what secrets did the victim take to the grave? Caryn Dolley explains."
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author: "Caryn Dolley"
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published: "2024-11-18T16:52:56"
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# Watch – Mark Lifman: His voice notes and letter of demand sent just days before his assassination

> A high-stakes game of cat and mouse. A businessman accused of murder, silenced by an assassin’s bullet. Who pulled the trigger? And what secrets did the victim take to the grave? Caryn Dolley explains.

By Caryn Dolley · Published 18 November 2024, 18:52 SAST · Updated 18 November 2024, 18:52 SAST

## Key points
- In a tragic twist befitting a crime thriller, businessman Mark Lifman, who vehemently denied his ties to the underworld, was gunned down in George while embroiled in a murder trial of his own, proving once again that in organized crime, the plot thickens faster than the body count.
- Mark Lifman, a controversial businessman linked to organised crime, was assassinated in George on November 3, 2024.
- Lifman consistently denied accusations of criminal involvement, even as he faced trial for the murder of fellow suspect Brian Wainstein.
- His death adds to the grim murder toll in the murky world of organised crime, where truth is often obscured by fabricated narratives.
- The complexities of Lifman's case highlight the challenges in untangling the web of crime and misinformation surrounding high-profile figures.

## Content

In murky organised crime arenas, the irrefutable facts take the form of a murder toll. A dead body equates to cold, hard fact. The stories spun around it, some which may be intentionally planted to divert from truth and those guilty of crime, need to be carefully unravelled.

Organised crime suspect Mark Lifman consistently [denied accusations](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2024-11-03-mark-lifman-murdered-the-life-and-alleged-crimes-of-the-controversial-cape-businessman/) that he was linked to lawbreaking.

The businessman was assassinated in the Western Cape town of George on 3 November 2024 while facing accusations, and [on trial](https://www.news24.com/news24/southafrica/news/be-safe-and-take-care-says-judge-as-wainstein-murder-trial-postponed-again-20241112), for the assassination of another organised crime suspect - Brian “the Steroid King” Wainstein.

[YouTube video: "YouTube video"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfDvYnjikCY)

Reporting by: Caryn Dolley
Video edited by: Malibongwe Tyilo
Filmed by: Bernard Kotzé
Produced by: Emilie Gambade
Sub-editing by: Kevin Flynn

**Read more:**[‘If ever I encounter a bad guy, I’d want it to be me’ – murdered Mark Lifman](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2024-11-06-if-ever-i-encounter-a-bad-guy-id-want-it-to-be-me-murdered-mark-lifman/)