# Parliament’s portfolio committee on Correctional Services says it has not been briefed about the Public Protector’s report into convicted murderer and rapist Thabo Bester’s escape from the Mangaung Correctional Centre in 2022. The report reveals that Correctional Services staff knew within weeks of Bester’s fake suicide that he had escaped from prison, but they delayed opening a criminal case for six months. Committee chairperson Kgomotso Ramolobeng says the report has also not been referred to the National Assembly.
Parliament not briefed on Public Protector’s report into Bester’s prison escape