Police said the person found in Thabo Bester's cell had died from head trauma before the fire broke out.
Fugitive Thabo Bester will have a murder charge to answer to after police on Wednesday confirmed that they are investigating murder following the discovery of a burnt corpse in his prison cell in May 2022.
It was recently discovered that Bester, dubbed the Facebook Rapist, had plotted an escape from the Mangaung Prison when it had been believed he died from a fire in his cell. National police commissioner Gen Fannie Masemola has ordered the prioritisation of investigations into Bester’s escape, she said.
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