D-day for Magudumana’s bail bid

BLOEMFONTEIN - Its D-day for celebrity doctor Nandipha Magudumana.

The Bloemfontein magistrate's court is expected to rule on her bid to be released from custody.

READ: Preview | Will Magudumana be released on bail?

Magudumana has spent five months in jail since her arrest and deportation from Tanzania.

She abandoned her bail bid in May and failed to have her arrest and deportation declared unlawful.

READ: Magudumana alleges she left SA against her will

She and 11 others face charges of helping Thabo Bester escape from a Mangaung prison.

In her bail application, she told the court the serial rapist and murderer forced her to leave the country.

But the state is rubbishing this, insisting she is in a romantic relationship with Bester.

The Bloemfontein Magistrate's Court is to make a ruling on whether Nandipha Magudumana will be granted bail - or whether she'll stay put. Magudumana applied for bail last week after her failed application against her deportation from Tanzania. Legal expert, Elton Hart, says the… pic.twitter.com/iodz2lWBZm

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