Thabo Bester expected to appear in court
Updated | By Mmangaliso Khumalo
Convicted Facebook rapist Thabo Bester is expected to appear before the Bloemfontein Magistrate’s Court on Friday.
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His appearance follows after his rearrest on Wednesday in Tanzania.
He landed in South Africa on a chartered flight from Tanzania, under a heavy police guard, before being whisked off to the Kgosi Mampuru maximum security prison where he was kept under 24-hour surveillance.
Bester was serving a life sentence imprisonment at the time of his escape in May 2022.
“He at this stage faces a charge of escaping from lawful custody, defeating the ends of justice, violation of a dead body and fraud,” says police spokesperson Athlenda Mathe.
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