By Simon Nare
South Africa on Tuesday heard details of forensic investigator Paul O’Sullivan’s background when he appeared before the ad hoc parliamentary committee probing allegations of corruption and political interference in the criminal justice system.
O’Sullivan told the committee he was born in England to Irish parents and holds Irish, British, and South African citizenship, with passports from all three countries. He said he considers himself South African “above all else”.
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“I came to South Africa as a tourist and not as a terrorist,” O’Sullivan said, adding that supporting any country other than South Africa would be “criminal” in his view.
He said he was a trained soldier who served in British military intelligence but rejected claims that he was a spy or a member of MI5 or MI6.
“I am not a spy. I have
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