Staff Reporter
Former Ipid head Robert McBride continued his testimony on Monday at the State Capture Inquiry.
McBride asserted that he stands by his decision on the second report of the Zimbabwe Rendition case, in which he said there was insufficient evidence to prosecute then Hawks boss Anwa Dramat and former Gauteng Hawks commander Shadrack Sibiya.
The case in question alleged that Dramat and Sibiya were involved in the deportation of five Zimbabweans living in South Africa in 2010 for their alleged involvement in the death of a Zimbabwean police official. They later died while in police custody in Zimbabwe.
McBride said the initial report lacked sufficient evidence against both Sibiya and Dramat, and he commissioned a second report by Ipid recommending no charges be levelled against the two.
“The provision of some standard operating procedures was abused to prematurely close cases or to bring them to finality, so it
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