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The bail application of five people accused of aiding in the escape of Facebook rapist Thabo Bester continued after lunch on Thursday, following proceedings that saw Nandipha Magudumana withdraw her bid to be released until next week. | IamAlexSweet

Bester's lover, Dr Nandipha Magudumana, has provisionally abandoned bail.The bail application of five people accused of aiding in the escape of Facebook rapist Thabo Bester continued after lunch on Thursday, following proceedings that saw Nandipha Magudumana withdraw her bid to be released until next week.

According to the affidavits read out in court, accused number-one, former G4S guard Senohe Matsoara, said his Volkswagen T-Roc 2.0 was being paid for in instalments and without a down payment. Matsoara's former colleagues at the Mangaung Correctional Centre blew the whistle on this big purchase of a car worth over R500 000 when he earns around R15 000 a month. Matsoara added that he was not employed and did not have the means to flee.

Accused six, G4S guard Motenyani Masukela, faces charges of defeating the ends of justice, fraud and arson.The magistrate asked Masukela to remove his sunglasses which he had been wearing in the court, because of"the glare of the press cameras".

 

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