PHUTI MOSOMANE
CONVICTED rapist and murderer Thabo Bester and Dr Nandipha Magudumana, who fled South Africa and were arrested in Tanzania, have now been brought back to South Africa.
The fugitives arrived at the Lanseria International Airport, north of Johannesburg, on Thursday morning under heavy police guard.
The couple fled South Africa in March. However, they were arrested over the weekend in the border town of Arusha, Tanzania.
According to authorities, Bester has been taken to the Kgosi Mampuru II C-Max Prison in Pretoria, while Magudumana was whisked away to another prison in Johannesburg before she was transported to the Free State Province where she is expected to appear in the Bloemfontein Magistrate’s Court on Thursday.
She is facing charges for several crimes, including aiding and abetting the escape of a convicted prisoner from lawful custody, possession of multiple murdered bodies, and committing fraud.
Bester, a high-profile convicted murderer and rapist,
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