Facebook rapist Thabo Bester appears in court wearing a hoodie worth R19k
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Facebook rapist and murderer Thabo Bester made a virtual appearance at the Bloemfontein Magistrates' Court on Tuesday and revealed that he would be represented by two new lawyers.Bester appeared separately from his girlfriend and celebrity doctor Nandipha Magudumana, who also made a virtual appearance inside a court building secluded from six other alleged accomplices.
He appeared at the Kgosi Mampuru prison in Pretoria wearing a Burberry hoodie, which costs approximately R19 000.He said a lawyer identified as Advocate Tsoeunyane Pela was among two of his legal representative. Meanwhile, in a different courtroom, Magudumana also made a virtual appearance while her father, Zolile Sekheleni , joined the five other accused in Bester’s escape.Bester allegedly orchestrated an audacious escape from the Mangaung maximum facility in May last year. In his previous appearance before the same court, he wanted to be furnished with repatriation documents after he was recaptured with Magudumana in Tanzania last month.
Magudumana’s father and his co-accused, former G4S prison warden Senohe Matsoara, appeared in the same court and are facing charges linking them to the body that was found inside a cell at the Mangaung Correctional Centre, following Bester's escape.Free State National Prosecuting Authority spokesperson Phaladi Shuping said not only was there a possibility of more people being arrested, but more charges could also be added.
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