Inside the mind of a State Capturer

It would be “completely logical,” for a person facing potentially dire consequences to tell barefaced lies. Often the best strategy is simply to respond, “I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
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By Chris Bateman

It would be "completely logical" for a person facing potentially dire consequences to tell barefaced lies. Often the best strategy is simply to respond, "I don't know what you're talking about."

This rather than any character disorder like narcissism or psychopathy might explain why a person facing monumental, society-changing wrongdoing would steadfastly refuse to confess to anything. This is according to a forensic psychiatrist in the State mental health sector who daily assesses the fitness for trial of people accused of fraud, theft, murder and drug-related crimes, plus those convicted of these and similar offences whom the courts commit to his institution. Stressing from the outset that he was bound by ethical rules not to pronounce on anyone's behaviour without having first assessed that person and having obtained their permission to discuss their mental health in public, the psychiatrist however agreed to speak in broader, general terms, given the context of the Zondo Commission of Inquiry into State Capture.

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