Sharing a name with a convicted rapist made life difficult for Thabo Bester and he's happy his namesake is back in jail

He smiles when we tell him why we’re at his door, then invites us in. Hiding behind the walls of his house isn’t something this Thabo Bester wants to do – he’d rather speak openly about the bizarre circumstances he’s been embroiled in for more than 10 years.

And besides, he really does have nothing to hide: his only “crime” is having the same name as one of the most brazen and infamous criminals South Africa has ever seen.

It was the other Thabo Bester who was incarcerated for rape and murder, the other Thabo Bester who staged his death in a prison cell, the other Thabo Bester who went on the run and lived a life of luxury with his lover.