Police track down ‘Facebook Rapist’ who faked death to escape jail
Thabo Bester in 2012 on a TV camera screen in the Western Cape High Court in Cape Town, where he appeared in connection with murder. Photo: AP
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A South African convicted murderer who faked his death to escape from prison has been arrested in Tanzania following a two-week manhunt.
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