McBride tells Parliament that arresting O’Sullivan is an act of intimidation
Robert McBride‚ head of the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid)‚ has told Parliament that the arrests of Paul O’Sullivan and his assistant were an attempt to disrupt the investigation into acting police commissioner Khomotso Phahlane, as well as acts of intimidation. He said the arrests also contravened sections of the Ipid Act. O’Sullivan was arrested on Monday — in contravention of a court order; his assistant‚ Sarah Jane Trent, was arrested on Friday. O’Sullivan was arrested on charges of impersonating an Ipid officer after he purportedly went to Phahlane’s home with investigators from Ipid, who have been looking into allegations of corruption and money laundering that involve the purchase of an R80‚000 sound system for his home from a South African Police Service supplier. However, McBride told Parliament that O’Sullivan was merely the complainant in the case‚ helping them with gathering information‚ and that they had documented proof that Phahlane had misled Par...
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