Back to the cells for Dr Nandipha Magudumana

According to the charge sheet, the pair face charges of murder, assisting a convicted prisoner to escape custody, harbouring an escaped offender, escape, defeating the ends of justice and fraud.

Magudumana and Bester also face charges of violating a dead body in relation to the one uplifted from the Bloemfontein government mortuary and that found in cell 35 at the Mangaung Correctional Centre. The body was initially believed to be that of Bester. The duo has also been charged with two counts of fraud for claiming the bodies at a mortuary and hospital.

Magistrate Motlholo Khabisi postponed the matter to April 17 for a possible bail application.

The matter was also postponed for Magudumana and Lipholo to join the doctor’s father, Zolile Cornelius Sekeleni, and Senohe Matsoara in the dock.

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