The case of a doctor who allegedly falsified a medical certificate for Ekurhuleni metro police chief Robert McBride was postponed in the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court on Thursday.
Dr Joseph Morolong Moratioa appeared briefly in the court to hear that his case was postponed to March 12.
Moratioa (44) was accused of defrauding the state and police by pretending he had examined McBride as a patient on December 21 2006.
He then allegedly continued to defeat the administration of justice by issuing a medical certificate that stated he had indeed examined McBride.
McBride allegedly went to Moratioa shortly after being involved in an accident on the Hartbeespoort road. It was claimed that McBride was driving under the influence of alcohol and wanted a doctor to pretend he was suffering from hypoglycaemia — low blood sugar.
Moratioa’s charges relate to this allegation.
Hendrik Rudolph Ernest Degenaar (38) also appeared briefly in a separate but similar case, on charges of assault and defeating the ends of justice.
It is alleged that Degenaar, as an Ekurhuleni metro police officer, assaulted a witnesses at the scene of McBride’s accident.
His case was also postponed to March 12. — Sapa