Police minister Bheki Cele says police are searching for convicted rapist and murderer Thabo Bester after DNA seemingly confirmed the charred body found in a Bloemfontein prison last year was not his.
“national shutdown”It looks like [the] DNA doesn't confirm that the person found dead there is the same person. So it might be correct to say that somebody is out there. That's why the police are investigating“We have the ... head of intelligence in the province [Gauteng] and the detectives, they are working on the matter.that's the same person,” he said.doesn't confirm that the person that was found dead there is the same person.
So it might be correct to say that somebody is out there. That's why the police are investigating ... [and] trying to find that personPressed on whether a warrant of arrest has been issued for Bester, Cele said: “The police are doing investigations and, as I said, there are steps that have already been taken.
“One step taken is that it looks like the DNA confirms the person who died there is not the person you expect. The police are on the tracks [and] chasing and trying to find that person again.” The department of correctional services said in May last year Bester was found dead in his single cell at Mangaung prison in Bloemfontein at about 3.35am. At the time the department said his cell caught fire and he sustained “some burn wounds”.
A prison warder told TimesLIVE he didn't believe the body found in the cell was that of Bester. The warder, who asked to remain anonymous for fear of being victimised, said on the day of the fire Bester was suddenly moved to a single cell.
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