Referred to as: Mr Barry Bateman · Barry Bateman
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Adv Johnson shared documents with General Khan regarding Brigadier Phetlhe's complaint docket, which was refreshed and confirmed upon reviewing witness statements and records.
“I had a recollection, as I explained in our consultation, that I had shared documents with her. It is when you showed it to me that I realised what it was that was shared. I just wanted to correct. I did not dispute what was shared.”
The bundle received last night contained WhatsApps of Barry Bateman and an affidavit of Brigadier Pethlhe, relating to the same matter as discussed before.
“there was WhatsApps of Barry Bateman . And there was , I think , an affidavit of Brigadier Phetlhe”
There was a document bundle containing WhatsApps of Barry Bateman and an affidavit of Brigadier Pethlhe received late the previous night relevant to the matter under discussion.
“there was a bundle that came last night and what I saw in the bundle was there was Whats Apps of Barry Bateman. And there was, I think, an affidavit of Brigadier Phetlhe”
Advocate Gerrie Neland and Mr Andrew Leask assisted with obtaining the statement of Mr Barry Bateman regarding the Petlec criminal complaint.
“Mr Barry Bateman told us that Advocate Johnson had requested the information, the Petlec criminal complaint, from him. I note that in his statement that I obtained from Mr Bateman on the 23rd of June 2026, he stated he does not have a recollection of the circumstances that led to him sending the information to Advocate Johnson. However, he can only infer that it was following a discussion and response to a request from Advocate Johnson. This, together with Mr Bateman's reluctance to provide a statement when the same was requested in 2022, suggests to me that Mr Bateman is aware that Advocate Johnson's request to him was not...”
Mr Barry Bateman was reluctant to provide a statement in 2022 regarding the criminal complaint, only submitting in June 2026; reasons for delay unclear.
“he can only infer that it was following a discussion and response to a request from Advocate Johnson. This, together with Mr Bateman's reluctance to provide a statement when the same was requested in 2022...”
The email from Andrea Johnson's Gmail was forwarded from Barry Bateman, a senior journalist, who sent the Petle complaint email with attachments on 3 July 2018. Colonel Roe Loofse printed and gave the envelope to General Khan but did not delete the email as requested.
“The email from Andrea Johnson's Gmail address to the Colonel's private email address was a forwarded email originating from Barry Bateman, who at the time was a senior journalist. Mr Bateman had sent the Petle complaint email with the attachment to Andrea Johnson's Gmail address on the 3rd of July 2018. The Colonel printed the email and attachments, placed them in an envelope and gave the envelope to General Khan. She did not delete the email as requested by the female caller.”