A Twitter user has been ridiculed for calling rapist and murderer Thabo Bester as ‘handsome’. Images via YouTube screenshot: eNCA
Two suspects arrested for helping Thabo Bester escape prison
SAPS National Commissioner Fannie Masemola has not ruled out more arrests in relation to the Thabo Bester escape saga
A Twitter user has been ridiculed for calling rapist and murderer Thabo Bester as ‘handsome’. Images via YouTube screenshot: eNCA
The South African Police Service (SAPS) has confirmed the arrests of two suspects, in connection with the escape of convicted murderer and rapist, Thabo Bester. According to SAPS spokesperson Athlenda Mathe, 39–year-old former G4S employee and a 65-year-old man from Port Edward, in the Eastern Cape were nabbed over the long weekend for allegedly helping Bester escape prison.
“The multi-disciplinary team investigating Bester’s escape from the Mangaung Correctional Centre arrested the duo over the past weekend. The former G4S employee was arrested at his residence in Bloemfontein on Saturday, 08 April 2023, while the 65-year-old man was arrested on Friday, 07 April 2023 at his home in Port Edward,” Mathe said.
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SAPS OFFICIALS WELCOME ARRESTS IN THABO BESTER SAGA
SAPS National Commissioner, General Fannie Masemola has welcomed the arrests of those linked to Thabo Bester’s escape and has also not ruled out more arrests.
“General Masemola has again reiterated the appeal to media and the public to exercise patience and allow the investigators the space to conduct the investigations with no undue pressure and expectation,” Mathe added.
HOW DID WE GET HERE?
Bester was believed to have died in a prison fire in Mangaung in 2022, where he had been serving time for rape and murder. However, a probe by news publication GroundUp revealed what is now known as a elaborate plot to help Bester escape prison and fake his death, with the help of his lover Dr Nandi Magudumana and correctional service officials.
On Friday, Bester, Magudumana and a Mozambican national were arrested by Tanzanian authorities. The trio was aprehended in Arusha, just 10 kilometres from the country’s border with Kenya. A South African delegation made up of Correctional Services and SAPS top brass landed in Tanzania on Monday, 10 April 2023, to facilitate the return of the trio to the country.
