Police identify burnt body found in Mangaung cell after Bester escape

JOHANNESBURG - The police have identified the charred body used in Thabo Bester's escape from prison.

This is after matching DNA with the deceased's mother.

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The convicted rapist and murderer escaped from the Mangaung Correctional facility, after faking his death in a fire that broke out in his cell.

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