No image available
/ 20 March 2008

McBride ‘a liar’, court hears

A third state witness, testifying in the Pretoria Regional Court on Thursday, described his former boss, Ekurhuleni metro police chief Robert McBride, as ”the mafia” and ”a liar”. Former metro police officer Patrick Johnston also said McBride was someone he was afraid of.

No image available
/ 19 March 2008

McBride victimised me, former metro cop tells court

A former metro police officer told the Pretoria Regional Court on Wednesday how he had been victimised by Ekurhuleni metro police chief Robert McBride. Patrick Johnston was testifying in McBride’s drunken-driving trial. Speaking in Afrikaans, Johnston told the court how he had been victimised by McBride and how his boss had sworn at him on several occasions.