Robert McBride (police Officer)

Robert McBride (police Officer)

Robert McBride (born 6 July 1963 in Durban, South Africa) is the former chief of the Metropolitan Police for Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality. During the apartheid era he was a member of Umkhonto we Sizwe, the armed wing of the South African Liberation Struggle, and was convicted for the bombing of Magoo's Bar / "Why Not" Restaurant in Durban, which killed 3 and injured 69 in 1986. He applied for and was granted amnesty for this and other militant actions taken during his time with MK by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

McBride was "released from his contract" (fired) on Friday 26 September 2008, following his return to work in defiance of his ordered administrative leave. On Thursday, 8 September 2011, McBride was sentenced to two years in prison for drunk driving.