Three detainees awaiting trial made a rooftop escape from a police detention facility in Saselamani, Vhembe District.
The police in Saselamani, Vhembe District, said the three males awaiting trial are aged between 32 and 33, and they escaped from the police detention facility in the early hours of Thursday.
According to police spokesperson Brigadier Hlulani Mashaba, officers were on duty at around 3:26 a.m. when they were conducting routine hourly patrol duties and heard an unusual noise from the cells. “Upon arrival in the cells, they discovered that three of the inmates had escaped through the roof. Circumstances surrounding the incident are being investigated,” Mashaba said.The detainees who escaped are 33-year-old Mikateko Ronald Chauke, arrested for burglary; 32-year-old Jimmy Mtivhele, also arrested for burglary; and 32-year-old Dumisani Respect Chauke, arrested for two counts of assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm.
The burnt body discovered in his cell, though initially pronounced dead by the Department of Correctional Services South Africa, was not that of Bester.His plan went south after being spotted shopping at a Woolworths in Sandton City, nearly two months after his reported death at the prison. Following his escape from jail on 3 May 2022, a manhunt was launched, which led to his arrest in Tanzania.
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