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- Thabo Bester and Nandipha Magudumana returned to the Bloemfontein High Court for another pre-trial hearing.
- Bester is challenging his prison conditions, while Magudumana is questioning the legality of her extradition.
- They face multiple charges linked to Bester’s escape from the Mangaung Correctional Facility, alongside eight co-accused.
Convicted murderer and criminal Thabo Bester and former celebrity doctor Nandipha Magudumana are back in the Bloemfontein High Court in the Free State on Friday for another pre-trial hearing in their prison escape matter.
Bester is challenging his incarceration conditions, while Magudumana is contesting the legality of her extradition from Tanzania.
The couple, who sent shockwaves across the country in 2023, was arrested in April 2023 in neighbouring Tanzania and brought back to South Africa to face allegations levelled against them.
Bester, Magudumana, Senohe Matsoara, Zolile Sekeleni, Teboho Liphoko, Buti Masukela, Tieho Makhotsa, Zanda Moyo and Joel Makhetha face charges of fraud, corruption, assisting an inmate to escape, violation of a body, arson and defeating the ends of justice.
The eight accused are alleged to have assisted in Bester’s escape from the Mangaung Correctional Facility, where he was serving a sentence for murder and rape, with Magudumana said to be the central figure in the operation.
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