Instead, the man dubbed the "Facebook rapist"
says he will apply at a later stage.
Bester appeared in the Bloemfontein Magistrate's Court on
Friday, 11 months after he escaped from the G4S-run Mangaung Correctional
Centre.
Bester faces charges of escape, as well as defeating the
ends of justice, violation of a body and fraud.
Bester listened intently as his legal representative stated
his case before the magistrate, who initially declined Bester’s request to address
the court.
His lawyer said Bester feared for his safety in prison and
was unhappy with the food he was served in prison.
The matter was adjourned to next month.
Bester and his lover, Dr Nandipha Magudumana, were arrested
in Tanzania at the weekend after they fled South Africa.
They were brought back to the country in the early hours of
Thursday morning.
Magudumana appeared in court hours later. She faces charges
of aiding and abetting an escapee, murder, violation of bodies and fraud.
To date, the people arrested over Bester's escape also
include Magadumana's father, Zolile Cornelius Sikelele, former G4S employee
Senohe Ishmael Matsoara and Integritron CCTV technician Tebogo James Lipholo. IOL
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