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SA’s ‘Facebook rapist’ deported from Tanzania

Thabo Bester, a murderer and rapist who faked his own death in prison and escaped to Tanzania has now been deported.

Following his arrest last week in Tanzania, Bester was taken to South Africa via a specially chartered aircraft.

He was detained alongside his girlfriend, the well-known physician Nandipha Magudumana, who has since been deported.

With assisting Bester in escaping from custody, her father is accused.

Bester evaded capture for a year following the time it was believed he committed suicide by setting himself ablaze in his cell in the South African city of Bloemfontein.

A manhunt was launched last month after a new post-mortem investigation revealed the body was not actually his.

The celebrity doctor’s father, Zolile Sekeleni, and a suspended prison warden, Senohe Matsoara, have been charged with murder, arson and aiding and abetting Bester’s escape.

The two men appeared in a magistrate’s court in Bloemfontein earlier this week.

They were not asked to plead, and no further details were given of the charges.

The case was postponed to 17 April for a possible bail application.

Two other people have also been arrested in connection with Bester’s escape, but they have not yet been formally charged.

Bester has been taken to a high-security prison in the capital, Pretoria, while his girlfriend has been taken to court in Bloemfontein.

She will be charged with murder, fraud and helping Bester escape, police said.

Bester is also expected to face fresh charges following his shocking prison break.

He is known as the “Facebook rapist” for using the social networking site to lure his victims.

He was convicted in 2012 for the rape and murder of his model girlfriend Nomfundo Tyhulu. A year earlier, he was found guilty of raping and robbing two other women.

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