“I am not the worst inmate,” Thabo Bester pleads in court

Tlholohelo Mosala

Notorious prison breaker Thabo Bester appeared at the Bloemfontein High Court on Wednesday and told the court that he is treated unfairly despite being tried on lesser ‘counts’.

Bester and eight co-accused appeared in court, and the judge granted him an opportunity to address the court directly.

He told the judge that the political issues have overtaken the case and that the other accused were being punished for the things they know nothing about.

“I am not the worst inmate in this country. I don’t have the highest count (of charges), I only have three counts, but I am the most popular (notorious) inmate in this country for no reason, because of the political issues I have in my personal capacity that have got nothing to do with these legal proceedings,” he said.

Bester said the popularity of his case has made it difficult for him to find