LISTEN | Is this the real Thabo Bester?

The request was made by incoming counsel after Bester’s former counsel withdrew from representing him.

The murderer and rapist appeared virtually in court from Pretoria's Kgosi Mampuru II Prison.

He escaped from the Mangaung Correctional Centre in May 2022 after allegedly faking his death in a prison cell.

The case was postponed to June 20, the same day his partner, Dr Nandipha Magudumana, will reappear in court.

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