Thabo Bester | Correctional Services confirm body found in cell is not the convicted rapist

JOHANNESBURG - Correctional Services says those involved in the Thabo Bester prison escape will be punished.

READ: Department of Correctional Services confirms Thabo Bester escaped prison

The department's confirmed that the body found in Mangaung prison is not that of the convicted murderer and rapist.

Bester, known as "the Facebook rapist", escaped from prison in May last year.

Departmental spokesperson, Singabakho Nxumalo explained what happened.