Johannesburg - Organised crime unit The Hawks have labelled Paul O’Sullivan a "liar" following claims by the private forensic investigator that his home was raided on Friday.
“It’s a lie, it is all rubbish,” Hawks spokesperson Hangwani Mulaudzi told the Saturday Star on Friday night.
It’s been alleged that police officials raided the forensic investigator’s Sandton home on Friday afternoon.
Speaking to News24, O’Sullivan said the doorbell rang at his house in Sandton at 4.15pm. He said when he opened it, there was a female metro police officer who asked to be let in.
O’Sullivan said the woman said she needed information on his vehicle, which was apparently involved in a hit and run two weeks ago. He said he told her he sold it about a year ago.
O’Sullivan said he had a bad feeling about the situation, got into his car and drove away. He said as he left, he saw a convoy of unmarked vehicles coming toward his house.
He said the cars tried to block him off but he drove away.
O'Sullivan also said his lawyer Sarah Jane Trent had been arrested for allegedly impersonating an Ipid officer and had been taken to the Cullinan police station.
It’s understood the Hawks have been building a case against O’Sullivan for some time now on various charges.
News of the alleged raid comes in the wake of several cases opened by O’Sullivan against police generals.
The Hawks have been investigating the forensic consultant for some time and this week it emerged that a so-called special project was being run by the police and several private investigators to bring him down.