Bester and Magudumana threaten to interdict new book
Convicted murderer and rapist Thabo Bester and his lover Dr Nandipha Magudumana have threatened to approach the courts to interdict the publishing of a new book on them.
The two want to prevent NB Publishers, GroundUp News and several booksellers from publishing and selling the book detailing the events surrounding Bester's escape from Mangaung Prison in May last year.
Bester and Magudumana were arrested in April, about 10km out of Arusha in Tanzania.
Bester is in custody at Kgosi Mampuru Prison in Gauteng and Magudumana at Kokstad Prison in KwaZulu-Natal.
They are expected back in court for a pre-trial conference in February next year.
GroundUp News’ Marecia Damons says NB publishers received a joint letter of demand from Bester and Magudumana's legal representatives requesting a digital copy of the book titled 'The Thabo Bester Story: The Facebook Rapist, the Celebrity Doctor and the Escape from Cell 35.'
"The NB Publishers did not get their clients' permission to publish the book. Both Bester and Magudumana do not want to be prosecuted by the media before the trial has wrapped up,” the letter said.
But Damons maintains NB Publishers followed all the standard protocols when researching and writing the book.
"NB Publishers said that they disagreed with the claim that prior permission was needed from the subject of a book on current affairs. Bester and Magudumana representatives said if NB publishers failed to give them a digital copy of the book, they would launch an urgent court application to interdict the publication of the book," she said.
Damons said the book takes a deeper dive into the story of Thabo Bester and Nandipha Magudumana.
"The book includes exclusive interviews with individuals who knew Bester and Magudumana. The book also tells a story of Bester's time in prison and how he scammed multiple people while being behind bars.”
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