Three people involved in the case of a criminal who ran away from prison after committing rape and murder no longer have any legal charges against them.
Thabo Bester successfully escaped from a South African prison last year by pretending he was dead. He did this by starting a fire in his jail cell.
The incident made many people in South Africa very angry. The local media called him the “Facebook rapist” because he used the website to trick women by offering them jobs and then hurting them.
Twelve people, including Bester, were originally accused of escaping from prison. However, on Wednesday, three of them had their charges dropped.
The government did not say why the accusations were dropped, but people think that the charges against Nastaja Jansen, Thabang Mier, and Moeketsi Ramulula were canceled because there was not enough evidence.
During the court hearing, Bester’s lawyers claimed that the Department of Correctional Service had secretly recorded his phone calls. The state said they don’t know about this.
The court was told that the case was ready to be moved to the high court for pre-trial procedures on 21 February next year.
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Three charges regarding ‘Facebook rapist’s’ jailbreak dismissed
