'I am grateful' - the real Barry Roux speaks out after News24 unmasks parody Twitter account
The real advocate Barry Roux has reacted with gratitude to the unmasking of the @AdvBarryRoux Twitter account.
"I am grateful, as I was often confronted with some of the tweets. Some people refused to accept my explanation that it was not me, and that I did not have a Twitter account," Roux told News24 on Friday.
Roux, who gained prominence during the Oscar Pistorius murder trial as counsel for the defence, was quickly parodied on social media for his iconic line "I put it to you…", heard often during the cross-examination of witnesses.
'Threat to national security'
Former provincial Hawks-head Shadrack Sibiya also responded to the revelations. The @AdvBarryRoux account previously implicated Sibiya in convicted underworld figure Radovan Krejcir's crime ring, a claim which Sibiya strongly denied.