Bester's set of lawyers withdrew from the case, citing a lack of financial instructions and difficulties consulting with him while he was detained in Gauteng.
told the Bloemfontein High Court that he could not secure a lawyer to represent him, not because of money but because they did not want to be associated with him.
He and eight others, including his lover and accomplice, Doctor Nandipha Magudumana, face over 30 counts of fraud, corruption, violating a corpse, and aiding and abetting a prisoner escape.
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