{"id":2629,"date":"2023-06-13T19:24:14","date_gmt":"2023-06-13T19:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/servamusmagazine.co.za\/new\/?p=2629"},"modified":"2023-06-14T10:05:36","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T10:05:36","slug":"thabo-besters-escape-from-mangaung-correctional-centre-in-bloemfontein","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/servamusmagazine.co.za\/new\/thabo-besters-escape-from-mangaung-correctional-centre-in-bloemfontein\/","title":{"rendered":"Thabo Bester&#8217;s Escape From Mangaung Correctional Centre in Bloemfontein"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2629\" class=\"elementor elementor-2629\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5c374033 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5c374033\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-37aa7fce\" data-id=\"37aa7fce\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca3546d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ca3546d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During March\/April 2023 Mr Thabo Bester, referred to supra, was constantly in the news. He is, of course, the man who allegedly &#8220;burnt to death&#8221; in his cell at the Mangaung Correctional Centre. He first gained notoriety as the so-called Facebook rapist.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On 3 May 2022, Thabo is reported as dead after a fire had broken out in his cell &#8211; his death was, at the time reported by the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) and G4S as a suicide.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, since then it was ascertained that the burnt remains of the body found in that cell, was not that of Thabo. 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