Bester and his fugitive girlfriend Nandipha Magudumana
returned to South Africa via a chartered flight from Tanzania on the early
hours of Thursday morning.
They had been arrested in Arusha, Tanzania, last Friday by
authorities in that country.
In a short text, national police spokesperson Brigadier
Athlenda Mathe confirmed Bester would be appearing in court on Friday.
His appearance comes a day after Magudumana, made her first
appearance in the same court flanked by heavily armed police on Thursday. She
is charged with murder, fraud, aiding and abetting, violation of a dead body
and defeating the ends of justice.
Bester was placed in a police nyala and taken to Kgosi
Mampuru Central Maximum Correctional facility while Magudumana was transported
to the Free State to appear in court.
In court, Magudumana appeared wearing a face mask and a green Nike jacket with a hoodie which she used to cover half of her face.
She faces a number of charges, including multiple charges
of murder, aiding and abetting an escape, violation of bodies and fraud.
She appeared alongside her co-accused, Integritron CCTV
technician Tebogo James Lipholo, who is accused of tampering with CCTV cameras
on the night Bester escaped.
Lipholo was a former employee of Integriton, the company
hired by G4S to maintain cameras at the Bloem prison.
Magistrate Motlholo Khabisi adjourned the proceedings and
remanded the case until next week Monday for Magudumana and Lipholo’s bail
application.
On Monday, Magudumana will appear alongside her father
Zolile Sekeleni and G4S security employee Senohe Matsoara, who are also accused
of allegedly assisting Bester in his brazen walk out of prison.
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