The doctor who is alleged to have falsified a medical certificate for Ekurhuleni police chief Robert McBride shortly after he crashed his car is still missing, a week after a warrant was issued for his arrest, police said on Tuesday.
Ekurhuleni police spokesperson Superintendent Lungelo Dlamini said the warrant was issued after Doctor Joseph Moratioa failed to appear in the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court to answer to charges of fraud and of defeating the ends of justice.
”We have not found him as yet. When we do we will release a statement,” said Dlamini.
It is alleged that Moratioa gave McBride a false medical certificate in support of McBride’s version of the events that led to his car crash near Centurion last December after he had attended a year-end party.
McBride is expected to appear in court on March 17 2008. He is currently on paid leave from his job. – Sapa