However now it seems Bester escaped from his cell amid the fireplace and has been residing lavishly in Johannesburg’s posh Hyde Park suburb.
In response to info first revealed by the South African information outlet GroundUp and confirmed by the police, the physique discovered burned within the cell was not Bester in keeping with DNA outcomes. Post-mortem outcomes have decided that the individual discovered lifeless within the cell died on account of blunt power trauma to the pinnacle earlier than the fireplace.
The fireplace seems to have been a part of Bester’s elaborate jail escape which has raised many questions on the doable involvement of jail officers.
“A case of homicide is underneath investigation following the result of the DNA evaluation that confirmed that the physique of the deceased which was discovered was not of Thabo Bester,” police spokeswoman Motantsi Makhele stated.
The id of the person discovered lifeless within the cell remains to be unknown, she stated.
A case of escape from lawful custody has additionally been opened as jail officers have confirmed that Bester just isn’t of their custody, Makhele stated.
“A manhunt has been launched for all individuals of curiosity on this specific case,” she stated.
In response to media experiences, Bester has been noticed procuring in Johannesburg’s upmarket Sandton space and has been romantically linked to a outstanding superstar physician.
Whereas in jail Bester used a laptop computer he had for research to run an occasion and manufacturing firm, in keeping with the GroundUp report. At one level he addressed a convention from his jail cell, sporting a tie and telling different attendees that he was talking from the U.S., stated the report.
The Mangaung jail is at present being run by Britain-based personal safety agency G4S which was awarded a contract to manage the ability till 2026, in accordance South Africa’s Division of Correctional Providers. The division has no intention to resume the contract, it stated in an announcement.
“No stone can be left unturned in attending to the underside of Thabo Bester’s escape and there can be critical penalties for any occasion concerned,” stated Correctional Providers spokesman Singabakho Nxumalo.
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