Wed Jun 19 21:57:25 SAST 2013
Wed Jun 19 21:57:26 SAST 2013

"Facebook rapist" gets life

Aug 16, 2012 | Sapa | 10 comments

"Facebook rapist" Thabo Bester was jailed for life for the murder of Johannesburg model and car saleswoman Nomfundo Tyhulu.

Picture taken from www.mindjumpers.com

He appeared in the Western Cape High Court before acting Judge Judith Cloete and assessor, advocate Juliana Thayson, who sentenced him to an additional 25 years on a charge of aggravated armed robbery.

The armed robbery charge related to possessions that he took from Tyhulu after killing her. Bester, 23, stabbed Tyhulu, 23, in the chest, in a bed-and-breakfast in Cape Town in September last year. The two were on holiday together.

They met at the BMW dealership in Sandton, Johannesburg, where she had sold him a car. They started a long-term relationship before going to Cape Town on holiday.

After stabbing Tyhulu, Bester flew to Durban. On his departure from the bed-and-breakfast in the morning, he told reception staff that Tyhulu was still sleeping and not to be disturbed before 2pm.

These remarks were an aggravating factor, the judge said.

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Wed Jun 19 21:57:26 SAST 2013 ::
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Aug 16, 2012

Papage

and now what happens to his 2 little kids he stayed with them? hope all his monies will be used to look after these kids and please look after them.
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Aug 16, 2012

sabza007

Facebook rapist will have to be ass booked in jail. She killed this woman when she trusted him with her life, when she held his hand when everyone was against him. He deserves this sentence.
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Aug 16, 2012

KGS000

Good riddens to rubbish nxa
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Aug 16, 2012

candilious

Goedso .....moerskont
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Aug 16, 2012

621987

damn he xud be executed once and for all
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Aug 16, 2012

The-Vince

Hai you deserve it boy, what you did was pure evil, tjo just imagine life sentence and an additional 25yrs, ja neh he will never see the day outside those walls. This guy was successful he had a job that paid him R15 000 rands a month, drove a beemer, woman loved him, but what made him do such??? still beats me....!! it proves that some people are born sick in their heads.
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Aug 16, 2012

The-Vince

If death sentence was still a solution to getting rid of sick people like you...i was gon request that they hang you by your balls till you vomit your sperms and choke on them till you die...nja ndini. and you dont even have a reason why you killed the innocent chick...!!! it was all fun for you.
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Aug 16, 2012

golly459

Justice SERVED!!
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Aug 16, 2012

lebkampoo

You deserve the sentence, hope nawe in a long run you wont get a parole.

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Aug 16, 2012

Mellow

Dear Sowetan looks like the only way you think of controlling unruly behaviour on your site is by blocking comments for particular stories how sad is that? Why publish them if you just gonna limit people if you do not like it or find some comments unacceptable just block the user not the whole story for comments and why your moderators are even allowing the comment to go through in the first place just baffles me. I suggest you start using an improved more secured registration method now you busy filtering comments and blocking stories if only you had an efficient working system in place hey. Deregister all users and lets start the registration process again we can always use our twitter or facebook accounts and well your moderator we’ll have to reject or submit the comment. In the meantime some of us we’ll just continue commenting on other serious online papers until you sort yourselves out.
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