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Charges were withdrawn against Nastassja Jansen, Thabang Mier and Moeketsi Ramolula when Thabo Bester and 10 others appeared in the Bloemfontein Magistrates Court on Wednesday on charges relating to his brazen escape from the Mangaung Correctional Facility in May last year.
The start of court proceedings in the case was delayed after Bester’s lover and co-accused Nandipha Magudumana collapsed in her cell.
It’s reported that Magudumana had to receive medical attention after she fainted in the holding cells of the Park Road Police Station in the Free State.
Magudumana’s lawyer Machini Motloung told the media that he had spoken to the area commissioner and the medical officer who had attended to his client, and it was confirmed that Magudumana was unwell.
Last month, Magudumana, who is accused of helping Bester, a convicted killer and rapist, escape from the Maguang Prison lost her bail application bid after the court
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