‘Dramatic’: Thabo Bester pleads for death sentence, SA shows no mercy [VIDEO]

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In a bizarre twist, Thabo Bester asked the court to consider imposing a death sentence on him.

Thabo Bester and Nandipha Magudumana during their appearance in the Free State High Court on Wednesday, 5 June 2024. Pictures: X

He told Judge Cagney Musi that being escorted by 80 cars for his court appearance, waking up at 2am with chains around his ankles with frozen feet, was not “the way I want to proceed”.

He also complained about the hardship imposed on him by the state at the Kgosi Mampuru II Central Maximum correctional facility in Salvokop, Pretoria.clutching a Bible, Bester told the court that it pained him to see his co-accused on trial for something “they knew nothing about”.

 

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