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Investigators will examine allegations involving inappropriate images of a 16-year-old girl and a recorded conversation after the former police general was denied bail.
The former deputy national police commissioner will remain in custody after the Randburg Magistrate’s Court rejected his bail application.
The former deputy national police commissioner is expected to learn whether he will be released after three weeks of arguments over rape and sexual grooming allegations.
An audio recording played during Sibiya’s bail hearing captured Cabonge claiming the former police general had met several women in his company, including socialite Tebogo Thobejane.
An audio recording played during Shadrack Sibiya’s bail hearing captured the socialite describing how he allegedly used his connections to help a former girlfriend’s daughter.
The suspended deputy national police commissioner resigned through his lawyer shortly after his disciplinary hearing began on Monday.
izakele Dlamini says the father of the 16-year-old at the centre of the grooming allegations repeatedly sought contact with the family and proposed withdrawing the case.
“I put it to you – it’s not only exclusively a strip club. There’s a restaurant area, there’s a hotel area, and those areas are separate from the strip club. Are you going to dispute that?”
An investigating officer told the Randburg Magistrates’ Court that the two complainants have repeatedly sent messages expressing fears for their safety and concerns about suicide.
The suspended deputy national police commissioner’s legal team told the Randburg Magistrate’s Court that he was served with additional disciplinary notices while in custody.
Suspended deputy national police commissioner Shadrack Sibiya has denied the allegations against him, telling the Randburg Magistrate’s Court he intends to plead not guilty.
