The body used in Thabo Bester's escape is said to have been hidden in the prison’s fridge and later moved in a wheelchair to his prison cell.
So-called Facebook rapist and murderer, and now fugitive, Thabo Bester, allegedly walked out of Mangaung maximum security prison during his daring May 2022 escape disguised as a warder, with the help
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EXCLUSIVE | How ‘Facebook rapist’ Thabo Bester escaped, apparently disguised as prison warderBody used in escape is said to have been hidden in the prison’s fridge and later moved in a wheelchair to his prison cell
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Thabo Bester: The man behind SA’s latest grand escapeThe Thabo Bester case is proving to be one of South Africa’s most dramatic escapes from custody which has left correctional services officials with egg on their faces after the convicted murderer, rapist and fraudster managed to con his way out of Mangaung Correctional Centre in Bloemfontein.
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‘Smart, sophisticated’: Psychologist who interviewed Thabo Bester in 2011 says he has ‘worsened’ in prisonWhen the former head of the SAPS investigative psychology section, Dr Gerard Labuschagne, interviewed Thabo Bester in 2011, he “found him to be a smart guy, intelligent, very well spoken.”
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‘Smart, sophisticated’: Psychologist who interviewed Thabo Bester in 2011 says he has ‘worsened’ in prisonWhen the former head of the SAPS investigative psychology section, Dr Gerard Labuschagne, interviewed Thabo Bester in 2011, he “found him to be a smart guy, intelligent, very well spoken.”
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Thabo Bester: The man behind SA’s latest grand escapeThe Thabo Bester case is proving to be one of South Africa’s most dramatic escapes from custody which has left correctional services officials with egg on their faces after the convicted murderer, rapist and fraudster managed to con his way out of Mangaung Correctional Centre in Bloemfontein.
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EDITORIAL | Thabo Bester’s freedom is a middle finger to our justice systemBased on the evidence, a number of people, from other prisoners to warders, knew about the fire and the prison swap without doing anything to stop it.
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