Online Reporter
JOHANNESBURG.— Suspended South Africa Deputy National Police Commissioner, Lieutenant General Shadrack Sibiya, allegedly told a teenage girl that she ‘LOOKED HOT’ after watching her nude video.
His bail application continued at the Randburg Magistrates’ Court yesterday with the State presenting evidence relating to his alleged conduct towards a 16-year-old girl.
The investigating officer in Sibiya’s case placed WhatsApp exchanges between Sibiya and a 16-year-old girl before the court.
Sibiya faces charges including rape, sexual grooming and human trafficking.
The State alleges that Sibiya made repeated sexual advances towards the daughter of a close associate. The investigating officer told the court that Sibiya asked the teenager to send him a nude video. After receiving the video, Sibiya allegedly complimented the teenager, telling her: “YOU LOOK HOT.’
The investigating officer also presented WhatsApp exchanges involving Sibiya, the 16-year-old girl, and an 18-year-old woman relating to events at The Grand in Sandton.
Witness statements allege that the girls were plied with alcohol, asked to twerk, and given more alcohol when they refused.
One of the girls allegedly eventually passed out.
Advocate Rashad Moosa was cross-examined by the State during the proceedings.
Moosa told the court that disciplinary hearings against Sibiya were relevant to the bail application.
Sibiya’s legal team also read a supporting affidavit from his son Ofentse Saul Sibiya.
In the affidavit, his son claimed he was denied access to speak to his father during his arrest and received numerous calls about the arrest.
He also referred to Bishop Maumela, who he said told him that he had spoken to the complainant in the case.
The son said Maumela was providing spiritual support to the family and had not been asked by the family to speak to the complainant. — IOL
