SHE was scrolling through the news on her phone when a picture of a familiar face popped up. An uneasy feeling washed over her as she clicked the link – and when it opened, her stomach dropped. The man who’s now one of South Africa’s most wanted criminals had escaped from prison and all her memories came flooding back.
She thought Thabo Bester (39), the so-called Facebook Rapist, had died in a fire in his cell – but he was alive and well and on the run.
Bester’s modus operandi had been to lure attractive young women on Facebook with promises of modelling contracts – but instead he robbed and raped them. One he even killed.
He used aliases, including that
