A short biography of Robert McBride, the man who’s going to watch the police: Born 6 July 1963 Place of birth - Addington Hospital Hometown - Wentworth, Durban. Schools - Fairvale High School Interesting fact - Knows martial arts. Early influences: A. J. Venter’s Coloured and Soledad Brothers. The Prison. Letters of George Jackson. Military background: Member of Umkhonto We Sizwe. 1986 Bombed a restaurant in Durban killing 3 women & injuring 69 people. 1990 Convicted for the Durban bombing and placed on death row for murder. 1992 granted amnesty at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) for Durban bombing. Career: *1997 Portugal refused to accept him as a South African ambassador. *1998 was in a Mozambique jail for seven months for gun-running. *1999 Charged with assaulting an employee of an escort agency in the company of underworld figure Cyril Beeka. *2003 appointed Chief of the Metro Police of Ekurhuleni Municipality. *2006 was involved in a drinking and driving incident after a Christmas party in Centurion. McBride was charged with drunken driving, fraud and defeating the ends of justice following the car accident. *2007 Fired as the Ekurhuleni metro police chief. *2011 found guilty and sentenced to a five-year prison term for drunken driving & defeating the ends of justice. *2013 Verdict and sentence for drunken driving overturned on appeal. *2013 Nominated as executive director of police watchdog body, the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID). *2014 Appointed as head of the IPID.
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