By Staff Reporter
Dr Nandipha Magudumana’s father Zolile Cornelius Sekeleni has been granted R10 000 bail and will be back in court on May 16.
The other accused remain behind bars and their bail applications will be heard on May 3 and 4, 2023.
According to the charge sheet, the state alleges that on or around March 3 2022 the pair killed an unknown man in or around Bloemfontein.
Sekeleni, who on his initial court appearance seemed stunned by the media presence in the courtroom covered his face in a bid to hide from the cameras.
Sekeleni 65, was arrested last week at his Port Edward home while a former prison warder, 39, was arrested in Bloemfontein by a multidisciplinary team investigating Bester’s escape from the Mangaung Correctional Centre.
Bester and his lover, Magudumana, were arrested in Tanzania on Friday, 10km from the Kenyan border. The convicted rapist and murderer was believed to have died during a fire in his cell.
However, an autopsy revealed the person found in the cell died as a result of blunt force trauma to the head.
