,PEN1502 Assignment 4 COMPLETE ANSWERS)
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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
Page 2 of 3 Due Date: 3 September 2024 confiscated the body
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
Semester 2 2024 - DUE 3 September 2024 ; 100%
TRUSTED Complete, trusted solutions and
explanations.
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
Page 2 of 3 Due Date: 3 September 2024 confiscated the body
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
