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Thabo Bester and his co-accused Dr Nandipha Magudumana appear in court
Convicted murderer and rapist, Thabo Bester’s lawyer, Advocate Moafrika Wa Maila says his client will suffer prejudice, as streaming the Netflix documentary will infringe on his right to a fair trial.
Wa Maila is addressing the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria, where Bester and his girlfriend Nandipha Magudumana have launched an urgent application to halt the release of the documentary “Beauty and the Bester”.
Referring to the trailer, Wa Maila says Bester’s right to human dignity and his right to be presumed innocent until proven guilty have been infringed.
“Father of Magudumane and she says, I could not imagine my daughter doing such a thing. And now we also have a judge, Justice Cameron, speaking in that documentary, saying, as a judge, I have never seen such a thing. … Definitely, you are talking about Bester’s alleged escape.”
“Now, already the documentary has stated some kind of their truth or some kind of their baseless friends to say he has escaped. Now it means I am addressing the public opinion, and I’m speaking about the right to a free trial here.”
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