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'Facebook rapist' Thabo Bester's death at Mangaung Correctional Centre in May last year was murder, not suicide, a leaked report confirms. | GroundUp_News

on the mysterious circumstances surrounding the alleged death of convicted rapist and murderer Thabo Bester.

In November, we were told by the Free State Department of Health that the body was still in the custody of the department. But this is in contradiction to the judges' report, which reported that Bester's body was handed over to his apparent girlfriend and biological mother some time in May, according to a 25 May 2022 statement from Detective Captain Tieho Jobo Flyman.

The doctor who performed the autopsy concluded that"the cause of death is head injuries that resulted in brain injuries".The judges' report described the circumstances under which Bester died as"concerning". The incident is still under investigation by the police.

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