South Africa: Thabo Bester appoints new lawyers, set to launch new bid to postpone trialThabo Bester to launch new bid to postpone trial with newly appointed lawyers

Convicted rapist and murderer Thabo Bester, currently on trial for escaping from prison, has appointed new lawyers. His previous lawyers had withdrawn because they did not receive legal instructions.

The new lawyers, Dinana Reid Inc, are in the process of filing a high court application regarding Bester’s access to his lawyers while in prison. Bester is being held at the Kgosi Mampuru maximum security prison in Pretoria.

During a brief appearance in the Free State Division of the High…