The Anni Dewani Murder Case

http://www.ewn.co.za/articleprog.aspx?id=53459

Three men arrested in connection with the murder of a tourist in Cape Town will re-appear in court next week.

Two of the suspects appeared in the Wynberg Regional Court on Monday.

They were taken into custody just days after the first suspect was arrested.

Anni Dewani was shot while on her honeymoon with her British husband in Cape Town over a week ago.

Mziwamadoda Qwabe and Zola Tongo will return to court next Monday with co-accused Xolile Mngeni.

The prosecution revealed that Tongo negotiated a plea agreement with the state and will turn state witness.

Qwabe’s lawyer Thabo Nogemane said he was surprised by this.

“We still have to know why [he] is doing so and what he is going to say of the other accused. So we don’t know if he will be implicating others or not,” he said.

The 31-year-old was the driver who took the Dewanis to Gugulethu.

It is said he met with Shrien Dewani at Cape Town International Airport.

Dewani apparently contacted Tongo last Saturday and asked him to take them on a tour of the township at night.
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FortySeven said:
In terms of DP (Death Penalty), I am sure that as investigative measures and science improves the number of "collateral damage" DPs will reduce if not completely disappear. Some say the DP isn't a deterrent, but I would disagree. Criminals kill, murder, rape because there is little recourse if any. Sure our justice system is piss poor so DP isn't the only solution but part of a bigger solution.

If you look at the Texas legislature where the DP is still used, if more than three credible witness and/or evidence proves without a shadow of doubt that you committed the crime, you do not sit on death row... you go straight to the front of the queue. Why try and rehabilitate a cold blooded killer? Why spend millions trying to get them to be part of society, rather spend that money wich would have been used to feed these people and apply it to education for our youth.
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In Texas they get arrested and convicted. How will the death penalty improve conviction rates in SA? What it will do is force criminals to leave no witness behind.
 
Who can confirm? Is it here where the hilack took place? S33deg58.965min E018deg35.240min This is the robot at the N2 ramp. Presumably they were waiting/driving in a southerly direction. Note the Guguletu slums begining about 150m to the SW. At the west of the road they were driving is Guguletu, while at the East is a even worse place called 'Nyanga'. Note the close proximity to the N2 and the international airport ! There were quite a few incidents on this road previously, especially between the short stretch to the airport in the north. If that's indeed the spot, then both brothers are basically correct. The ramp is technically on N2 and in Gugs :D
 
waynegohl said:
would a person rethink a criminal move if the death penalty is around or do they not worry because it is not around?
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Doubtful. A more probable deterrent is a high likelihood of getting caught and convicted. For instance if the police could move as swiftly on every violent crime as they did on this one that should make a difference.

FortySeven said:
In terms of DP (Death Penalty), I am sure that as investigative measures and science improves the number of "collateral damage" DPs will reduce if not completely disappear. Some say the DP isn't a deterrent, but I would disagree. Criminals kill, murder, rape because there is little recourse if any. Sure our justice system is piss poor so DP isn't the only solution but part of a bigger solution.
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Maybe we should fix the other problems first before wasting time considering something with no proven deterrent value, viz. executing people.

If you look at the Texas legislature where the DP is still used, if more than three credible witness and/or evidence proves without a shadow of doubt that you committed the crime, you do not sit on death row... you go straight to the front of the queue.
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By credible I presume you mean inerrant recording devices. But given their track record Texas is a poor example. That state has a deliberately skewed system to make it easier to execute people.
 
Grhardt said:
There were quite a few incidents on this road previously, especially between the short stretch to the airport in the north.
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Twas always thus.

Back in 1978 when I was a UCT student I was going to participate in the WP X-Country at Grabouw. We used a UCT minibus and because I lived out in Bellville I arranged to be picked up on the N2 at the airport approach road, where my sister dropped me just before they were due and as the mini bus approached I got out of car and told her to go. When they stopped they told me there was another one just a couple of minutes behind with much more room, and in that couple of minutes a gang of about 10 youths suddenly materialised out of the bushes behind me and a knife was pushed hard against my throat.
In their impatience in getting my watch off they threatened to cut my throat and I got the watch off just as a truck driver stopped and I jumped onto the step next to door, later getting in...just as the minibus overtook us and the truck driver vainly trying to flag them down and chase them.
He drpped me at the next off ramp where I had my run for the day in scooting to the airport police station.

And that was in broad daylight on a Saturday afternoon my friends.
 
They should have just asked us to begin with, we'd have told them to Jack Bauer him into a confession. He was the only logical suspect:D
 
Dewani: Cops are framing me

British newspapers have reported that the widower of murdered tourist Anni Dewani believes South African police are framing him as they are under political pressure to arrest a foreigner.

Xolile Mngeni, 23, of Khayelitsha, one of three men arrested in connection with the hijacking and murder, appeared in the Wynberg Regional Court on Thursday for the second time.

The newlywed couple had arrived in Cape Town the night before and the car in which they were being driven was hijacked in Gugulethu.

The Daily Mail, quoting sources in contact with Shrien Dewani, who is understood to be expected to return to Cape Town soon, said he believed police were setting him up as they were under political pressure to arrest someone from outside South Africa.

A friend of Dewani, whom the Daily Mail did not name, was quoted as saying: “We are increasingly conscious that there are some people who are definitely trying to set him up.

“It suits them because an English guy who has done this would be much less damaging to South Africa than if one of their own had done it.

“They’re all corrupt. They are all taking bribes. There is mass murder everywhere, and every time one of these guys gets caught, they try to say anything to reduce their sentence.

“The police are whispering furiously to the South African media. We understand what’s going on. There’s a lot at stake Let’s see what proof they come up with.”

Provincial police spokesman Frederick van Wyk would not comment as the case was before court.

The Daily Mail quoted Max Clifford, a British publicist hired by Dewani, as saying his client was so traumatised he had needed medical attention.

The Cape Times, told by Clifford’s London office to e-mail questions to it, complied, but had yet to receive a reply late yesterday.

The Daily Mail and media groups reported that Dewani had hired Johannesburg attorney Billy Gundelfinger to represent him. Gundelfinger did not return calls to his office.

In court, the provincial Director of Public Prosecutions, Rodney de Kock, asked magistrate Jackie Redelinghuys to postpone proceedings to Monday, when Zola Robert Tongo, 31, the driver of the car, and Mziwamadoda Qwabe, 25, of Khayelitsha, would appear with Mngeni.
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IOL

Something is fishy. This guy brought her wife here"Murder capital" for honeymoon, decided to visit a township at night, knowing that there are mass murders going on everyday.

Why would he need a lawyer and a publicist for an identity parade. If our cops are so corrupt at taking bribes why doesn't he pay a bribe and make everything go away then.
 
My dad has heard from a very reliable source that he was involved.. calls were made to the hijackers before and afterwards. Naughty
 
My dad heard from a very reliable source that calls were made before and after the hijacking to the culprits by Dewani.. Oops
 
news24 said:
If our cops are so corrupt at taking bribes why doesn't he pay a bribe and make everything go away then.
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Perhaps because (a) he's innocent (b) he's a man of integrity?

Yes, shockingly enough, you do still get people like that - although most of them are foreigners.
 
I suspected a hit from the start. There were just too many inconsistencies...
 
wow this is hectic. The fact that his business is also in huge trouble and he has a insurance policy on her head, makes you wonder eh.
 
If he is guilty, he is a complete idiot to A) contemplate coming back to SA at all, and B) not cover his tracks well enough.

But I'll wait for more evidence.
 
The_Assimilator said:
Perhaps because (a) he's innocent (b) he's a man of integrity?

Yes, shockingly enough, you do still get people like that - although most of them are foreigners.
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Yes, maybe. But you have to concede that Mr. Dewani is just fuelling media accusations that he might be involved. Not long ago he made a statement below
“What has happened to us is tragic but you can’t punish the whole country for the actions of two individuals,” Dewani said.

“That would be irrational. On the whole the people here have been overwhelmingly friendly and caring.

“I think that any time you are away from your comfort zone you have to exercise caution. But I wouldn’t say ‘don’t come to South Africa’.”
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This is a very different tone to the one that he is singing now.
 
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