Tanzania has deported one of South Africa's most-wanted fugitives Thabo Bester, who faked his death in prison and fled to the country. Bester was flown to South Africa in a specially chartered plane, following his arrest in Tanzania last week.
Thabo Bester escaped after his cell was set alight and a corpse was put in it to give the impression he had diedTanzania has deported one of South Africa's most-wanted fugitives, the rapist and murderer Thabo Bester, who faked his death in prison and fled to the East African state.
His girlfriend, celebrity doctor Nandipha Magudumana, who was arrested with him, has also been deported.Bester was at large for a year after it was thought he died by setting himself on fire in his prison cell in the South African city of Bloemfontein. The celebrity doctor's father, Zolile Sekeleni, and a suspended prison warden, Senohe Matsoara, have been charged with murder, arson and aiding and abetting Bester's escape.They were not asked to plead, and no further details were given of the charges.Two other people have also been arrested in connection with Bester's escape, but they have not yet been formally charged.
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