The convicted murderer who is also known as the Facebook rapist Thabo Bester and his girlfriend, disgraced doctor Nandipha Magudumana appeared in court at the Free State High Court in Bloemfontein on Wednesday 21 February.

 

 

Notorious criminal Thabo Bester and his lover, doctor Nandipha Magudumana made their first appearance in court this year. The lovebirds were arrested in April last year after they were caught in Tanzania while on the run together.

They have been behind bars in separate prisons since October last year, the day of their last court case. Here are three things that happened in court today…

1. Dr Nandipha Magudumana arrived in court this morning from Bizzah Makhate Correctional Centre in Kroonstad. Whereas, Thabo Bester came from the C-Max section of Pretoria’s Kgosi Mampuru Correctional Centre. Unlike past times the couple has linked up in court, this time, Magudumana ignored Bester’s presence and walked right past him and the other co-accused without making eye contact as she arrived on the dock.

2. According to TshisaLIVE, following a lengthy bail application Bester, Magudumana and Zanda Moyo are to remain in custody while the rest of the accused were granted bail which was set at R10 000 each.

3. Bester’s lawyer is also said to have raised issues about the food his client was being served as a diabetic on chronic medication.

CASE POSTPONED!
Thabo Bester, Dr Nandipha Magudumana and her father, as well as the other six co-accused, are expected to be back in court on 5 June.

They all face a raft of charges including defeating the ends of justice, fraud, corruption, violating a corpse, aiding, and more. This as they were linked to Bester’s brazen escape from the Mangaung Correctional Center in May 2022.