Alleged Miscarriages of Justice > The kidnapping and shooting/murder of Anni Dewani while on her honeymoon in South Africa. Trial of Shrien Dewani was held in Cape Town, SA.

Anni Dewani - Extradition of Shrien Dewani

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John:
After he had surrendered himself at a Bristol police station, Shrien was arrested at 22.38 on 8 December 2010, by police officers from the Metropolitan Police's extradition unit. They were acting under a provisional arrest warrant issued that day after being provided by evidence from the South African authorities via the High Commission in London, issued on "suspicion of conspiring with others to murder Mrs Anni Dewani on 13 November."



Shrien and Anni Dewani on their wedding day.

John:
On the morning of 9 December, Shrien's British lawyer Clare Montgomery commented that "Shrien Dewani had no involvement in the death of his wife Anni."  Appearing that afternoon at City of Westminster Magistrates' Court, Shrien told the court that he did not consent to being extradited. Ben Watson, the British lawyer representing the South African government, disclosed that Shrien had withdrawn £1,000 in cash on his Mastercard before the murder, including £800 on the evening of 13 November. Watson further alleged that Shrien claimed in conversation with the kidnappers that he had undertaken a contract killing before in South Africa, but Shrien's lawyer Montgomery denied he had ever been to South Africa before the honeymoon. The court was subsequently shown a copy of his passport, issued in 2006, confirming that Shrien had not been there in that time.  Shrien was then granted bail, posted at £250,000, lodged by his family. However, the Crown Prosecution Service acting on behalf of the South African authorities lodged an appeal, which meant that Shrien spent the night of 9 December, in Wandsworth Prison.

On the afternoon of 10 December, at a hearing at the High Court, Watson told Mr Justice Ouseley that CCTV footage from the Cape Grace hotel showed Shrien:

    Meeting Tongo twice in his taxi in the carpark of the Cape Grace on 12 November, the night before the killing, when Tongo claims Shrien asked him to hire a hitmen to kill a woman. In later extradition papers submitted to the British courts, South African Police claimed that Preyan Dewani tried to obtain the video footage of the pair meeting.

    Having a series of meetings with Tongo inside the hotel, without his Anni, in the 24 hours before the killing

    Handing Tongo a package of cash on 16 November, three days after the murder, having just previously been sitting beside his grieving father-in-law, Vinod Hindocha. Tongo is then seen entering the hotel toilets, where he counted the money.

Watson further stated that South African police had written confessions from shop workers in a black market currency exchange, who had identified Shrien and Tongo, and that Shrien had changed US$1,500 with them. Watson stated that South African police believed that this was an additional sum on top of the already identified £1,000 Shrien had withdrawn from cash points: "The evidence suggests there was a second source of funds that Mr Dewani sought out that has, in our submission, all the hallmarks of an illegitimate transaction."
 
Shrien was released on bail to his family home, subject to: surrendering his passport; observe a double curfew, between 10 am and 2 pm and 10 pm and 2 am (i.e., day and night); electronic tagging; not apply for any international travel documents; report at his local police station every evening

Tim Invictus:
3rd December Dewani is up for possible extradition to South Africa. I do hope he gets sent there this time.

Funnily enough it was the same judge,  Sir John Thomas, who just kicked out Bamber's judicial review who halted Dewani's extradiction earlier this year. The judges said it would be 'unjust and oppressive' to sent Dewani to SA while he was suffering from depression and PTSD although the judges did say Dewani should be extradited when he is fit to stand trial!

I bet he is depressed! I would be if I had just been caught for murder (IMHO). John Thomas was spot on with Bamber but far too lenient with Dewani .... Let's hope he gets extradited on monday!

Padgates staff:
This case echoes the case of Nisha Patel-Nasri for me but i can't explain why, there's nothing linking the 2 that is similar-not that I know about yet anyway.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nisha_Patel-Nasri

frank50:
Well it look like he is not being sent anywhere for at least six months - there will be a review in April and a more detailed hearing in June. Very disappointing. According to  the barrister for the South African government, he has refused some treatment and had been aggressive at times and arrogant. I agree with Tim - he got caught and because he is a spoilt rich kid he cant do the time and has got all depressed. A bit like Bamber in a way although Bamber is too much of a pyschopath to be depressed.

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