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TimesLive reports that one of the three G4S Correction Services prison guards who was fired for assisting “Facebook Rapist” Thabo Bester in his daring escape from Mangaung Correctional Centre boasted on social media about his brand-new car before and after the audacious jailbreak.
Security supervisor Senohe Matsoara, who was dismissed by the security company in September, was believed to have been in cahoots with Bester and aided him in his elaborate escape on 3 May last year. Matsoara posted a picture on Facebook in January 2022, of a certificate from the Volkswagen Menlyn dealership congratulating “Mr Senohe Ishmael Matsoara on your beautiful Volkswage T-Roc 2.0”. Also in January 2022, he posted pictures of himself in front of a new car. He again posted pics of a brand-new T-Roc in September, when he was dismissed. Matsoara’s colleagues said it was strange that a G4S employee at the prison, earning a monthly salary of between R15,000 and R18,000, could afford a car of more than R500,000 without a second income. “You must remember that this guy escaped in May. Senohe was suspended in September and (he) immediately bought a brand-new VW T-Roc, as if he was sticking his middle finger [at] the situation,” said a warder. Two other wardens were dismissed for their roles in the escape. One was also a security supervisor, while the other was responsible for the CCTV camera system in the section which Bester escaped from. G4S earlier this week confirmed it had dismissed three of its employees as a result of their conduct on the day that a fire broke out in Bester’s cell. G4S is the contractor of the privately-run Mangaung maximum-security prison where Bester was serving his sentence.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Tankiso Makhetha & Oliver Meth at TimesLive
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