The Anni Dewani Murder Case

Judge steps down from Dewani case

http://www.ewn.co.za/Story.aspx?Id=86417

The case against the two men accused of playing a part in the murder of Anni Dewani was postponed yet again on Friday.
Mziwamadoda Qwabe and Xolile Mngeni appeared in the Western Cape High Court for a pre-trial conference.
Western Cape Judge President John Hlophe said he wanted nothing more to do with the case.
Hlophe presided over the case against Zola Tongo, who entered into a plea agreement, and was sentenced to 18 years behind bars.
Qwabe and Mngeni will be back in court on 20 April, when another judge will be appointed.
The two seemed anxious in the dock, and as the case was adjourned, they ducked and dived from photographers.
Shrien Dewani, identified as accused number three in court papers, was mentioned in court.
The state indicated it was ready to proceed with the trial with or without Dewani,
In March, a London high court temporarily halted Dewani’s extradition case on mental grounds.
Dewani is reportedly suffering from severe post traumatic stress disorder and depression.
He has repeatedly denied masterminding his bride’s murder in Cape Town.
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Um, I thought a judge could only recuse himself where there is a conflict of interest in the case?
What is "judge" John Hlope's reason for stepping down from this? :mad:
 
Will this case ever end?

It's like the Henning case and other high profile cases :/
 
Wait... since when can a judge just decide he wants nothing more to do with a case?

Thats like me saying, Oh I don't want to do my job anymore and still get paid for it...
 
Western Cape Judge President John Hlophe
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The name rings bells; alarm bells.

He's too clouded in controversy to be presiding over such a high-profile case. Although the allegations against him haven't been tested, we cannot have someone of dubious integrity on this case; the international community would have a field day with us.
 
VernD said:
The name rings bells; alarm bells.

He's too clouded in controversy to be presiding over such a high-profile case. Although the allegations against him haven't been tested, we cannot have someone of dubious integrity on this case; the international community would have a field day with us.
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In that case there are very few to choose from. I also think he knows he is out of his depth and is saving his own embarrassment and possibly the countries not that it matters to most as it goes unnoticed by the followers and supporters due to ignorance and being uneducated.
 
Dewani killing detailed in plea deal

And the master mind is still sitting overseas basically "a free man" when everyone knows he's guilty :(

Cape Town - Details of the murder of Swedish honeymooner Anni Dewani were made public on Wednesday when one of the suspects pleaded guilty to her murder.

Mziwamadoda Qwabe was jailed for 25 years. The Western Cape High Court imposed 15 years' imprisonment for robbery with aggravating circumstances, five years each for kidnapping and illegal possession of a firearm, and 25 years for murder.

Judge John Hlophe said the robbery, kidnapping and firearm terms would run concurrently with the murder sentence.

Qwabe earlier pleaded guilty to all charges. His lawyer Daniel Theunissen said he had signed a plea agreement.

Dewani, 28, was shot in an apparent car hijacking while on honeymoon with her husband Shrien in Cape Town in November 2010.

Contract killing

In the plea agreement, Qwabe admitted to kidnapping Dewani in Gugulethu with co-accused Xolile Mngeni, Zola Tonga and Shrien Dewani, on or about November 13.

He admitted assaulting her with a firearm to force her into submission, and robbing her of a Giorgio Armani watch, a gold and diamond bracelet, a handbag and her cellphone. Her possessions were worth about R90 000.

He further pleaded guilty to driving Dewani to Ilitha Park, in Khayelitsha, where she was shot in the neck and killed while in the car.

He said her husband had arranged the contract killing.

"The agreement was that Zola and the husband would be unharmed and that the deceased would be kidnapped, robbed and killed," Qwabe said in the plea agreement.

"The kidnapping and robbery were part of the plan to make it appear that this was a random criminal act, unconnected to Zola or the husband."

Dewani has repeatedly denied these allegations. He is being treated in the United Kingdom for depression and post-traumatic stress disorder.

At the end of July, his lawyer Claire Montgomery told the Westminster Magistrate's Court that keeping her client under medical treatment in the UK for 12 months would speed up his recovery, rather than jeopardise it by sending him to South Africa.

The British Press Association reported that the hearing was adjourned to September 18 for a psychiatrist to examine Dewani and give the court more information about his condition.

Only then would a decision be made on whether he was fit to stand trial in Cape Town.

- SAPA
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Source
 
marine1 said:
What do we expect? Justice? :rolleyes:
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How do you expect justice to be served when the UK refuse to deport the suspect? Happy to deport a man with no charge against him yet a murderer who will be convicted they protect.

25 years is a decent sentence, dewani would get the same if those ******* in the UK would deport him.
 
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keeping her client under medical treatment in the UK for 12 months would speed up his recovery, rather than jeopardise it by sending him to South Africa.
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Ya look his "recovery" is certainly not going anywhere if he's sent out here where he deserves to be. He will be experiencing the symptoms he claims to be experiencing now for real...and then some.
 
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