The controversial Dr Nandipha Magudumana has filed an urgent application in the Free State high court to declare her 'abduction' and arrest unlawful.
Dr Nandipha was arrested alongside her boyfriend Thabo Bester in Tanzania in April following Bester's escape from Mangaung Correctional Centre.
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Her urgent application calls for the High Court to declare the process of her deportation from Tanzania to South Africa, and arrest unlawful.
National Prosecuting Authority spokesman, Phaladi Shuping, said indeed Dr Nandipha has filed an urgent application on Friday, 19 May.
Phaladi said NPA will release an official statement after perusing her document.
Dr Nandipha was charged with numerous charges including murder, violation of a dead body, defeating the ends of justice, aiding and abetting a convicted prisoner to escape from lawful custody in May 2022.
She allegedly acquired the body of Katleho Bereng from a government mortuary in Bloemfontein. The charred body of Katleho was found in Bester's cell burnt beyond recognition.
Katleho's family has set the record straight that the incarcerated accused must not be released on bail.
Dr Nandipha has reserved her right to apply for bail in the Bloemfontein Magistrates Court on Thursday, 11 May.
Her lawyer Advocate Frans Dlamini has submitted to the court that his client will apply later. She is expected to appear alongside her boyfriend Thabo Bester on Tuesday, 20 June.
Thabo Bester's escape from a maximum Prison resulted in the arrest of former G4S employees Senohe Matsoara, Motanyane Masukela, Tieho Frans Makhotsa, Natassja Jansen and CCTV camera installer Teboho Lipholo.
