Thabo Bester: 'Facebook rapist' who faked death arrested in Tanzania
Source: BBC
Thabo Bester: 'Facebook rapist' who faked death arrested in Tanzania
8 April 2023
By Kathryn Armstrong
BBC News
A rapist and murderer who escaped a South African prison by faking his own death has been arrested in Tanzania.
Thabo Bester was at large for a year after it was thought he died by setting himself on fire in his prison cell.
A manhunt was launched last month after a new post-mortem investigation revealed the body wasn't actually his.
Bester was caught on Friday with his girlfriend and a third suspect and will be extradited to South Africa.
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In May, it was reported he had been found dead in his cell after apparently setting himself on fire at the Mangaung Correctional Centre in the city of Bloemfontein.
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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-65221385
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