Security company G4S maintains convicted rapist and murderer Thabo Bester died in his prison cell and is not at large.
The department of correctional services said it is in talks with the security company, which is the contractor of the Mangaung maximum-security prison, to get to the bottom of what transpired on the day Bester allegedly died., correctional services spokesperson Singabakho Nxumalo said there is no common ground between the correctional services' findings and those of G4S.
“We are now engaging with the second leg, in terms of what the contact says when it comes to an escape. The security breaches that we have identified, unfortunately, there is no common ground. We don't seem to find each other with the contractor in terms of our findings and their findings,” said Nxumalo.
“There are disagreements. They are maintaining that the inmate who was allocated that particular cell is the one that died in that fire and we areThe department confirmed Bester escaped from the Mangaung Correctional Centre after it was believed he had committed suicide by setting himself alight in his cell.
It said investigations into the incident concluded that Bester had escaped from lawful custody on May 3.
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