On Monday, Magistrate Mohlolo Khabisi is anticipated to rule on the bail requests of five defendants in the convicted murderer and rapist Thabo Bester’s jail break.

The defendants, who are accused of encouraging Bester, will show up in court in Bloemfontein. Four of them were once employed by G4S, and one was a technician for the IT firm in charge of setting up the CCTV cameras at the Mangaung Correctional Center.

They are accused of committing arson, fraud, thwarting the course of justice, and helping an imprisoned.