Thabo Bester was sentenced to life in prison plus 75 years in 2012. ... Convicted rapist Thabo Bester faked death, escaped from prison: police By . Olivia Land. Published March 29, 2023.

Thabo Bester was deported to South Africa by Tanzanian authorities on Thursday after being arrested in the border town of Arusha, having apparently fled the country, according to a media briefing ...

Thabo Bester, aka the "Facebook Rapist," is led out of the holding cells at the Durban Magistrates Court on October 12, 2011 in Durban, South Africa. Gallo Images / Getty Images ...

Detective Warrant Officer Shane Naidoo leads Thabo Bester aka the “Facebook Rapist” out of the holding cells at the Durban Magistrates Court on October 12, 2011 in Durban, South Africa. Gallo ...

Convicted South African serial rapist Thabo Bester was reported dead last year but now authorities are issuing a nationwide manhunt after they say he faked his own death. A convicted sexual ...

Thabo Bester, a notorious South African killer and rapist who escaped from a maximum-security prison by faking his own death, has been apprehended — after spending nearly a year living in a ...

Thabo Bester, who was serving a life sentence for the rape and murder of an aspiring model, duped South African prison guards by staging a suicide last May. DNA tests show that the charred corpse ...

A man serving a life sentence for murder and rape who escaped from a top-security prison with help from guards by faking his own burning death was brought back to South Africa early Thursday after ...

According to CBS News, prison officials believed Thabo Bester, known as a “Facebook rapist,” was found dead in May 2022 after setting himself on fire at a prison in Bloemfontein.

Thabo Bester was arrested with his girlfriend, Nandipha Magudumana. Bester was thought to have died by setting himself ablaze in his prison cell. Hotspots ranked Start the day smarter ☀️ ...

A Showmax doc will spotlight Thabo Bester, who faked his death by burning in his ... Tracking Thabo Bester will drop first ep in 11 days time and profile the story of South Africa’s most ...