'A WELL-CALCULATED AND ORGANIZED ESCAPE DEBACLE'īester was sentenced to life in prison in 2012 for the rape and murder of model Nomfundo Tyhulu.Ī court had previously found him guilty of the rape and robbery of two other women he lured to his home on social media, with local media dubbing him "the Facebook rapist." A judge ordered them to remain in custody until their next court date on April 17. They did not enter a plea and have no lawyers on record. The two men were charged with "defeating the ends of justice, fraud, murder, and arson," in a Bloemfontein court on Tuesday. Magudumana's 65-year-old father Zolile Cornelius Sekeleni and a former prison warden, Senohe Ishmael Matsoara, 38, were also arrested and accused of being accomplices in Bester's escape. She was arrested pending a court appearance on Thursday, according to the Police, and will be charged with murder, fraud as well as aiding and abetting his escape. Magudumana was also deported to Tanzania and named as an accomplice. We're also placing a 24-7 contact with him with selected highly trained Correctional Services officials to ensure that whatever circumstances he finds himself in, we'll be on call, and we do not experience any security breach," South Africa's Department of Correctional Services (DCS) boss Makgothi Thobakgale told reporters in Cape Town. "We are placing a 24-7 surveillance on him. South African police minister Bheki Cele told reporters that the trio had several passports each that had not been stamped and were just 10 kilometres from crossing into Kenya.īester was sent to the Kgosi Mampuru Central Maximum prison in Pretoria where he will be closely watched. Nandipha Magudumana and a Mozambican national named as Zakaria Alberto on Friday. The 35-year-old convicted murderer was arrested with his girlfriend Dr. It's a bizarre story that has embarrassed South Africa, exposed alleged loopholes in the management of a private prison and captivated the nation with every blockbuster revelation. This comes as media reports raised questions about the prison fire where he was said to have died. Thabo Bester was deported to South Africa by Tanzanian authorities on Thursday after being arrested in the border town of Arusha, having apparently fled the country, according to a media briefing by the South African Justice Minister and Minister of Police. South African authorities have taken over management of a maximum-security prison run by a private British security firm after a high-profile convicted murderer was accused of faking his own death in a fire, then escaping the prison to live in the open with his celebrity doctor girlfriend. ![]() If this were the plot of a movie, it would be too far-fetched to be believable.
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