A while ago there was a report that Robert McBride's legal costs defending his drunk driving charge had got to R10 million, and Ekhurleni ratepayers were picking up the bill.
Former Ekurhuleni Metro police chief, Robert McBride, was not sober hours after he crashed his car in December 2006, the doctor who treated him on the day told the Pretoria Regional Court on Wednesday.

"From the examination he was not sober," Inbanathan Sagathevan told the court.
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Spending other people's money is so much easier than spending your own, don't you think?