Cape Town – Dr Nandipha Magudumana’s bail request has been rejected by the Bloemfontein Magistrate’s Court.
She will be held in custody pending further proceedings.
“The applicant is a flight risk and no bail conditions will assist. I find that she didn’t satisfy the court that she be released on bail,” Magistrate Estelle De Lange said handing down her judgment.
Magistrate Estelle LeGrange says there s no evidence that shows that #DrNandiphaMagudumana was kidnapped by Thabo Bester #ThaboBester #SenzoMeyiwaTrial Jub Jub pic.twitter.com/hgXKGZTAh1
— sello (@Sello_Matt) September 11, 2023
Magudumana made her initial bail application two weeks ago, following her arrest in April.
She was taken into custody alongside her partner, Thabo Bester, a convicted rapist and murderer who had feigned his own death at the Mangaung Correctional Centre and managed to escape in May of the previous year.
Allegedly, Magudumana played a pivotal role in orchestrating and coordinating Bester’s escape, with the prosecution labelling her as the mastermind behind the operation.
“#DrNandiphaMagudumana‘s children are with their father. It’s sad that children should be separated from their mother, but this is also a choice that was exercised by the applicant when she left the country with accused number 5 (#ThaboBester).”- Magistrate Estelle de Lange pic.twitter.com/OPLpSAc01C
— Newzroom Afrika (@Newzroom405) September 11, 2023
Magudumana is currently facing a litany of charges, including fraud, violating a body, corruption, arson, aiding an inmate’s escape, harboring and concealing an escaped prisoner, and obstructing the course of justice.
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Compiled by Betha Madhomu
