Convicted South African murdered and rapist Thabo Bester and his girlfriend will not face charges for entering Tanzania illegally, police say.
Bester and his celebrity girlfriend Dr Nandipha Magudumana were arrested in the East African country last Friday after an audacious escape from South Africa.
Tanzanian police spokesperson David Misime told the BBC the couple would be handed over to the South African authorities for extradition.
“We are finalising some legal proceedings between the two countries and we will hand him over to the South Africa’s officials,” he said, adding that the pair remain in custody at the moment in the northern city of Arusha.
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Bester, known as the “Facebook rapist” for using the social networking site to lure his victims, was convicted in 2012 for the rape and murder of his then girlfriend, model Nomfundo Tyhulu. A year earlier, he was found guilty of raping and robbing two other women.
He escaped from jail last May by faking his own death in a fire and planting a corpse in his cell, but this was only discovered last month.
SOURCE: BBCNEWS
