JUST IN | Suspended police deputy Shadrack Sibiya says sex with 18-year-old was consensual - IOL

Suspended Deputy National Police Commissioner Lieutenant General Shadrack Sibiya has denied raping an 18-year-old at a hotel in Sandton. 

During his bail application in the Randburg Magistrate's Court on Tuesday morning, his attorney Estelle Kilian said that the sex was consensual after visiting 'The Grand' strip club in Sandton. 

The state alleges that he raped an 18-year-old woman at a Sandton hotel on May 16, 2026, while she was unconscious after being given alcohol.

According to a charge sheet seen by IOL, Sibiya had taken the woman and two others to The Grand “strip club” in Sandton.

"[Sibiya] bought them food and plied them with liquor at The Grand and continued doing so at the Garden Court Hotel.”

“When the complainant had passed out, the accused raped her and on his way out of the hotel room, he boasted to the complainant's friends that she was very nice and still a virgin,” reads the charge sheet.

Sibiya is also accused of grooming a 16-year-old girl through WhatsApp between July and August 2026. 

The charge sheet alleges he sent her nude photographs of herself, persuaded her to send videos of herself masturbating and possessed and distributed sexual images of her.

The State alleges the girl’s father, an associate of Sibiya, gave him her contact details in July to arrange transport. 

Sibiya is also accused of trafficking three people for sexual exploitation.

The charges relate to alleged incidents between May 16 and August 3. 

The case has been postponed to Thursday. Sibiya remains behind bars.