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The arrests were made on charges of criminal negligence while discharging their duty at the Sassoon General Hospital on October 2 when Patil escaped before being re-arrested after a few days
Two alleged accomplices of Thabo Bester, accused of aiding his escape, are appealing against the denial of their bail.
The ninth suspect arrested in connection with Thabo Bester's prison escape made a brief appearance in the Bloemfontein magistrate's court on Tuesday.
For any criminal prosecution? yes, investigators are looking into what happened, but what happens if they find those egregious acts? >> well, the question is why did they do it? one of my initial thoughts of what might be investigated here is potential corruption. i know when i had an escape case, when a prisoner escaped, that was one of the first things we investigated was whether or not there was any potential corruption there by any prison official. so i think that would be definitely a potential charge if there was some other motive. if it's simply that they're lazy and covering their trac...
The people were at work. kids were in school. there is a lot of unoccupied homes. they could have got into a home and bettered themselves down if they were contained in the perimeter. they did have somewhat of a jump start. did they get to a vehicle? we don't know who these people are. it's not like an escape case where somebody is identified and we can work them up a to z but we're not that fortunate. law enforcement, as joe said may have an idea. people talk. may have cooperators, videos shot from a nearby building and what not but, you know, like joe said i hope this gets taken care of and ...