Shrien Dewani To Be Extradited Over Murder

10:41am UK, Wednesday 24 July 2013

Shrien Dewani is accused of organising the murder of his wife, Anni

Shrien Dewani will be extradited to South Africa to face charges of orchestrating his wife's murder, a court has ruled.

Anni Dewani was shot dead on the outskirts of Cape Town in November 2010 while the couple were on honeymoon.
The 33-year-old, who has depression and post-traumatic stress disorder, strongly denies any involvement in his wife’s murder.
His risk of suicide is real but not immediate, and while he remains moderately depressed he is better than he was, Westminster Magistrates' Court heard.
Dewani was seeking to delay his extradition on account of his mental health.
His lawyers have expressed concerns he would be a high suicide risk if he returned to the country, and his human rights could be breached because of the risk of violent and sexual assaults in jail, and of contracting HIV.
He now has 14 days if he wants to appeal against the decision.
Newlywed Mrs Dewani was shot when a taxi in which the couple were travelling was hijacked in the Gugulethu township.
Mr Dewani and driver Zola Tongo were ejected from the car before Mrs Dewani was driven away and killed.
She was found dead in the back of the abandoned vehicle with a bullet wound to her neck.
Last year, South African Xolile Mngeni was convicted of premeditated murder for shooting Mrs Dewani.
Prosecutors claimed he was a hit-man hired by Shrien Dewani to kill his new wife, something that Dewani has consistently denied.
Tongo was jailed for 18 years after he admitted his part in the crime, and another accomplice, Mziwamadoda Qwabe, also pleaded guilty to charges over the murder and was handed a 25-year prison sentence.