Thabo Bester: Body used in South African rapist's prison break identified

The begetter of a antheral whose assemblage was utilized by a notorious South African rapist to flight from situation has demanded to cognize however his lad died.

Thabo Bester managed to interruption retired of situation past twelvemonth aft faking his ain decease by mounting occurrence to his cell.

A assemblage was recovered inside, which was initially believed to beryllium Bester's but it has present been identified arsenic belonging to Katlego Bereng.

His father, Batho Mpholo, says helium needs "the information and thing but the truth".

He says that constabulary told him that his lad had collapsed successful the metropolis of Bloemfontein and past died successful hospital, earlier helium was taken to a mortuary.

When the assemblage recovered successful the compartment was re-examined successful March this twelvemonth aft suspicions were raised by section media, it was recovered that the idiosyncratic had died arsenic a effect of blunt-force trauma to the head.

Mr Mpholo says helium does not judge the constabulary relationship of what had happened to his son, who was aged 31 erstwhile helium went missing successful April 2022.

The South African constabulary declined to remark connected Mr Mpholo's statement, beyond saying that they were pleased to bring closure to the family.

Mr Mpholo says that relatives went to Bloemfontein's mortuaries looking for him and determination was nary motion of him - and nary quality until his parent was asked to bash a DNA trial past week.

Mr Mpholo describes his lad arsenic a fun-loving shot fan, who leaves down a girl aged 4 and a lad aged two.

"I americium broken. My bosom is shattered into a cardinal pieces," helium told the News24 website.

Mr Bereng's mother, Monica Matsie, broke down successful tears portion being interviewed by national broadcaster SABC.

During the disorder caused by the occurrence successful the Mangaung Correctional Centre successful Bloemfontein, Bester managed to flight from situation dressed arsenic a warder.

News of the flight caused wide daze and outrage successful South Africa, wherever section media dubbed him the "Facebook rapist" due to the fact that helium utilized the tract to lure women with promises of jobs earlier attacking them.

He had been serving a beingness condemnation aft being convicted successful 2012 for the rape and execution of his exemplary woman Nomfundo Tyhulu. The erstwhile year, helium had been recovered blameworthy of raping and robbing 2 different women.

After his flight Bester managed to unrecorded undetected for a twelvemonth earlier helium was arrested earlier this period successful Tanzania and past deported to South Africa, on with his girlfriend, personage doc Nandipha Magudumana.

Ms Magudumana, her begetter and 2 employees of the British information steadfast G4S which ran the situation person been arrested for allegedly helping him escape. They person not yet commented connected the accusations.