Former ConCourt Judge Edwin Cameron addressing the the Parliament Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services on behalf of JICS. Image: Screenshot from video.
WATCH LIVE: Parliament continues hearing on escape of serial rapist Thabo Bester
The Parliament Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services hearing into the escape of convicted serial rapist Thabo Bester will continue today.
Former ConCourt Judge Edwin Cameron addressing the the Parliament Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services on behalf of JICS. Image: Screenshot from video.
The Parliament Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services hearing into the escape of convicted serial rapist and murderer Thabo Bester is expected to continue on Thursday, 13 April.
G4S and Integritron Integrated Solutions face tough questions from MPs
On Wednesday, MPs grilled officials from G4S – the multinational security firm in charge of the Mangaung Correctional Centre at the time of Bester’s escape – and Integritron Integrated Solutions – the company responsible for surveillance at the facility.
The Department of Correctional Services, the Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services (JICS) and the South African Police Service (SAPS) are also expected to make representations to the Committee.
MPS learned that an Integritron technician admitted to switching off the video recorders that would have caught Bester’s escape.
Later on Wednesday, the South African Police Service (SAPS) announced that a 44-year-old man believed to be the technician referred to in Parliament, had been arrested and is expected to appear in the Bloemfontein Magistrate’s Court on Thursday.
READ: WATCH: MP grills G4S officials over Thabo Bester escape
Bester returned to South Africa and will be held at maximum security prison, while accomplice to appear in court
As previously reported, Bester and the Bonnie to his Clyde, Dr Nandipha Magudumana, returned to South from Tanzania in the early hours of Thursday.
Bester will be held at the C Max prison, Kgosi Mapuru II, while Magudumana is expected to appear in the Bloemfontein Magistrate’s Court on Thursday.
READ MORE: Thabo Bester sent to maximum security prison, Dr Nandipha Magudumana to appear in court
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