,PEN1502 Assignment 4 COMPLETE ANSWERS) Semester
2 2024 - DUE 3 September 2024 ; 100% TRUSTED
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Thabo Bester escape case from Mangaung Correctional Centre.
On May 3, 2022, Bester escapes from Mangaung Correctional
Centre with the help of G4S and Integriton employees. G4S
security supervisor Senohe Matsoara and Integriton’s CCTV
technician Tebogo James Lipholo are among those who
allegedly assist Bester escape. Also assisting Bester, is
Magudumana, along with her father, Zolile Sekeleni. Also in
May last year, Magudumana claims the body of the man found
in Bester’s cell. Parliament heard how Magudumana had the
body transported to a mortuary in Soweto, before she was set to
cremate it. It has now emerged that the SAPS then PEN1502
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after they found that Magudumana had claimed another body in
April, claiming it was a relative, only for the body to be found
floating in a river. Also in May, Magudumana approached the
North Gauteng High Court in a bid to seek relief against the
police, for her to be allowed to cremate the body. She had
claimed to be Bester’s customary wife, but it was found that she
was still in a civil union with Dr Mkhuseli Magudumana, per
home affairs records at the time. Judge Edwin Cameron, the
head of the Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services, who
also appeared in Parliament, said the police should have ensured
Magudumana was arrested for perjury solely based on the
untruths she had presented to court. Parliament also heard from
top police officials that an affidavit submitted by Magudumana
, in the court case had been signed by an officer who had left the
police force months earlier. Police officials confirmed to MPs
that Magudumana was never questioned, despite many
unanswered questions. – June 2022 Bester and Magudumana are
photographed at a Woolworths supermarket in Sandton. This
only emerged in March 2023 publicly in a GroundUp report. He
is photographed sporting long hair and sunglasses. – August
2022 An autopsy conducted on the unknown body found in Cell
35 finds that the deceased, initially thought to be Bester, had no
signs of smoke inhalation, but had been murdered. His cause of
death was according to the autopsy, blunt force trauma to the
head. Judge Cameron told MPs he alerted SAPS and DCS in
August, that their preliminary investigation found that Bester did
not die in Cell 35. April 7, 2023 Bester and Magudumana, along
with their Mozambican accomplice, are finally arrested in
Tanzania. Several passports are found in their possession,
including two passport of one Dr Pashy, real name Mmereka
Ntshani. (Sihle Mlambo & Se-Anne Rall, IOL News, 2023)
Answer the following questions pertains to the extract above:
Question 1 1.1 Identify those aspects from the case study that
would support your recommendation that Mr Thabo Bester be
given which type of sentence and justify the sentence that you
think would be the best option for Thabo Bester to have escaped
in correctional services. (10) 1.2 Explain how you, as a
correctional official, would ensure that you always maintain
internal and external security in the case of Mr Thabo Bester to
prevent future escapes. (10) PEN1502 Page 3 of 3 Due Date: 3
September 2024
