Former Ekurhuleni metro police chief Robert McBride has won his appeal against a conviction of drunken driving and attempting to obstruct justice.
When celebrities and politicians find themselves on the wrong side of the law their excuses are often as colourful as their personalities.
Former Ekurhuleni metro police chief Robert McBride was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment by the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court on Thursday.
The upholding of the <em>Citizen</em> newspaper’s appeal in a defamation case by Robert McBride is a victory for freedom of expression, Sanef said.
Former Ekurhuleni metro police chief Robert McBride was on Friday convicted of drunken driving and defeating the ends of justice
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/ 24 February 2011
All witnesses in the drunken driving trial of Robert McBride concluded testifying in the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court on Thursday.
A medical expert has conceded that Robert McBride could have been intoxicated during his car accident five years ago.
A medical expert on Wednesday disputed testimony that Robert McBride was drunk when he crashed his car in 2006, saying he suffered from hypoglycaemia.
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The alleged drink-fuelled car crash of former Ekurhuleni metro cop Robert McBride was part of a string of other transgressions, a court has heard.
Former Ekurhuleni Metro police chief Robert McBride was not sober hours after he crashed his car in 2006, says the doctor who treated him on the day.
Former Ekurhuleni metro police chief Robert McBride overtook another vehicle on a solid white line at high speed before he crashed, a court heard.
An Ekurhuleni metro police officer was asked to get a medical certificate for Robert McBride without a doctor examining him, a court heard on Monday.
The drunken-driving trial of axed Ekurhuleni metro police chief Robert McBride was expected to continue in the Pretoria Regional Court on Monday.
The Constitutional Court will hear an application by the <i>Citizen</i> on whether it’s defamatory to refer to Robert McBride’s apartheid-era crimes.
Former Ekurhuleni metro police chief Robert McBride says his defamation case against <i>The Citizen</i> newspaper was never about the money.
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/ 20 January 2010
A former metro police officer told a court he signed a false statement in order to protect his boss, Robert McBride, it was reported on Wednesday.
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/ 19 January 2010
The doctor who allegedly issued a certificate stating that Robert McBride was not drunk at the time of his car crash had done a similar thing before.
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/ 19 October 2009
The state has denied former Ekurhuleni metro police chief Robert McBride the right to prepare for his drunken-driving trial, a court heard on Monday.
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/ 8 September 2009
A former Ekurhuleni metro official told the CCMA on Tuesday he was warned that some people were trying to oust then-police chief Robert McBride.
Robert McBride’s unfair dismissal case did not take place as expected on Thursday because the metro’s lawyers did not arrive, his lawyer said.
Axed Ekurhuleni metro police chief Robert McBride claimed on Thursday that ”political forces” are behind his dismissal.
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/ 21 November 2008
The trial date of axed Ekurhuleni metro police chief Robert McBride was again postponed in the Pretoria Regional Court on Friday.
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/ 3 November 2008
Evidence in former Ekurhuleni police chief Robert McBride’s drunk-driving trial was stolen in a break-in at the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court.
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/ 24 October 2008
A trial date for the doctor implicated in Robert McBride’s drunk-driving case has been set for next year.
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/ 30 September 2008
Axed Ekurhuleni metro police chief Robert McBride will appeal the decision to dismiss him, according to a newspaper report on Tuesday.
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/ 26 September 2008
Ekurhuleni metro police chief Robert McBride has been fired, news reports said on Friday. The decision was taken at a council meeting on Thursday.
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/ 22 September 2008
Ekurhuleni metro police chief Robert McBride appeared in the Pretoria Regional Court on Monday on a matter related to his drunken-driving trial.
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/ 21 September 2008
The drunken-driving trial of Ekurhuleni metro police chief Robert McBride resumes in the Pretoria Regional Court on Monday.
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/ 19 September 2008
A report on alleged land-swap irregularities is set to turn up the heat, write Adriaan Basson and Yolandi Groenewald
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/ 11 September 2008
Ekurhuleni metropolitan police chief Robert McBride on Thursday won his bid to gain access to statements relating to his drunken-driving trial.