By Phephile Motau
Details have emerged on how convicted rapist, Thabo Bester escaped from prison. According to a report by EWN, Bester who had a cellphone and laptop while in prison facilitated his own escape by transferring large sums of money to a former G4S employee for his assistance.
This, according to the publication, was revealed by a member of organised crime, who took the stand on Friday in the Bloemfontein Magistrates Court where the bail application for five former G4S employees, charged with assisting Bester’s escape, is being heard.
The witness, who cannot be identified, testified that under the alias of TK Nkwana, Bester deposited a total of about R152 000 into the bank account of the former G4S supervisor at Mangaung prison, Senohe
Matsoara.
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The payments were done in separate transactions in April last year, a month before Bester escaped on May 3.
According to the witness, Bester escaped by walking out of the prison disguised in a G4S uniform provided to him by one of the accused, after a body was smuggled into his cell and set alight.
Meanwhile, the bail application of five former G4S employees was postponed to Tuesday.
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Senohe Matsoara, Teboho Lipholo, Buti Masukela, Teiho Frans Makhotsa and Nastassja Jansen will reappear in court on Tuesday when they are expected to be joined by Bester, Dr Nandipha Magudumana and her father Zolile Sekeleni.
All eight accused will briefly appear, as the matter is expected to be postponed to a later date pending further investigations.
