A South African fugitive who faked his own death in a prison break that embarrassed the authorities has been extradited from Tanzania, the government said. | AFP
On Saturday, South African Justice Minister Ronald Lamola announced that Bester had been arrested by Tanzanian authorities on Friday night along with a woman, a Mozambican national with whom he is reportedly romantically involved.“We can confirm that these fugitives have been returned to South Africa” from Tanzania, Lamola told a press conference in Cape Town.
“Mr Thabo Bester has been readmitted into the Kgosi Mampuru central maximum correctional facility”, Lamola said, thanking the Tanzanian government.Bester and the woman landed at a privately-owned airport north of Johannesburg in the early hours of Thursday morning. The father of the woman was earlier this week charged with murder in connection with the man found dead in Bester’s cell.
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