Justice ministry 'has no record' of tip-off email on Thabo Bester's escape

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Justice ministry 'has no record' of tip-off email on Thabo Bester's escape: The ministry of justice said there is no record of a tip-off email received by deputy minister Phathekile Holomisa alerting him about the escape of convicted serial rapist, Thabo…

The email was allegedly sent a month after Bester's 'staged death' and a follow-up email was sent a few months later, with no response received for eitherThabo Bester, the man dubbed the Facebook rapist, was thought to have died in a fire in his prison cell in Mangaung last year but DNA tests on the body proved it was not Bester's.

The spokesperson for the ministry of justice, Chrispin Phiri, told TimesLIVE that Holomisa had no record of the email but said the department was after closely investigations that have been launched since it emerged last week that Bester could still be well and alive.In May last year, the department of correctional services reported Bester was found dead in his single cell.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

 

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I hope that warder at least printed both emails

We all know they can clean records moss. We were expecting this

The warder must bring proof!

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