There is enough reasonable doubt to acquit Dewani. At this stage, I don't think he should even offer a defence since there is no strong case to answer. He should just move for dismissal of charges for lack of evidence. Plea bargains sometimes come back to bite the NPA, and this is such a case.
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The Anni Dewani Murder Case
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#DewaniTrial Shrien seen looking around at times as Monde Mbolombo testifies on the witness stand. CS
— EWN Reporter (@ewnreporter) November 7, 2014
Yup this is what passes as news worthy.
Next he will cough, but in a guilty way.
— EWN Reporter (@ewnreporter) November 7, 2014
Yup this is what passes as news worthy.
Next he will cough, but in a guilty way.
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#DewaniTrial Mbolombo tells the court Tongo lied. He’s the one who came up with the figure, not Qwabe. — EWN Reporter (@ewnreporter)
Colour me shocked.
Colour me shocked.
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LazyLion
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DEWANI INVESTIGATING OFFICER TESTIFIES
The Hawks officer who led the investigation in honeymooner Anni Dewani's murder in 2010 testified in her husband's trial in the Western Cape High Court on Tuesday.
Captain Paul Hendrikse (SUBS: CORRECT) was led by prosecutor Adrian Mopp through his involvement of the case from when he first visited the crime scene in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, on November 14, 2010.
The State's 15th witness said he left the crime scene, introduced himself to Shrien Dewani at the Cape Grace Hotel, and interviewed him informally.
The next morning, Dewani phoned and told him to look between the stitching of their hijacked shuttle taxi to find his wife's hidden engagement ring.
The ring was recovered.
That Monday, he interviewed Dewani formally because he assumed he had been in shock when he gave his first statement to a warrant officer hours after the hijack.
Dewani was apparently calm and co-operative.
He is on trial for allegedly plotting with shuttle taxi driver Zola Tongo and others to kill Anni while they were on honeymoon in Cape Town in November 2010.
He has pleaded not guilty to charges including kidnapping, murder and defeating the ends of justice.
He claims the couple were hijacked as Tongo was driving them through Gugulethu in his minibus on Saturday, November 13. He was released unharmed and Anni was driven away. She was found shot dead in the abandoned minibus in Khayelitsha the next morning.
The State alleges he conspired with others to stage the hijacking in return for R15,000.
He maintains that Tongo helped him organise a surprise helicopter trip for Anni for R15,000.
During his formal interview with Hendrikse, a statement was taken down with amendments to his initial statement.
These included that the couple did not drive directly to Somerset West that night but first drove around Cape Town and then looked at Gugulethu.
Hendrikse asked Dewani to clarify what happened with the wedding rings handed over to their attackers because he was confused.
"When I asked him that question he became a bit uneasy with the question and started pacing up and down my office and then gave an explanation," the policeman said.
The interview lasted an hour.
Mopp read through Dewani's plea explanation, which included details about the surprise helicopter trip and cash to pay for that.
"The first time I heard that, my lady, was in the plea explanation," Hendrikse said.
"My lady, had that explanation been given to me right from the start when I interviewed Mr Dewani, Mr Tongo would have automatically become a suspect," he said.
Hendrikse added that his investigation would have been more focused because Tongo would have known about the money on Dewani and would have had a motive.
"My lady, as far as I can see as the investigation has proceeded, this version of Mr Dewani is merely a fabricated view."
Deputy Judge President Jeanette Traverso said that was the policeman's view and he replied that he understood and respected that.
Source : Sapa /je/jje/lp/jk
Date : 11 Nov 2014 14:17
The Hawks officer who led the investigation in honeymooner Anni Dewani's murder in 2010 testified in her husband's trial in the Western Cape High Court on Tuesday.
Captain Paul Hendrikse (SUBS: CORRECT) was led by prosecutor Adrian Mopp through his involvement of the case from when he first visited the crime scene in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, on November 14, 2010.
The State's 15th witness said he left the crime scene, introduced himself to Shrien Dewani at the Cape Grace Hotel, and interviewed him informally.
The next morning, Dewani phoned and told him to look between the stitching of their hijacked shuttle taxi to find his wife's hidden engagement ring.
The ring was recovered.
That Monday, he interviewed Dewani formally because he assumed he had been in shock when he gave his first statement to a warrant officer hours after the hijack.
Dewani was apparently calm and co-operative.
He is on trial for allegedly plotting with shuttle taxi driver Zola Tongo and others to kill Anni while they were on honeymoon in Cape Town in November 2010.
He has pleaded not guilty to charges including kidnapping, murder and defeating the ends of justice.
He claims the couple were hijacked as Tongo was driving them through Gugulethu in his minibus on Saturday, November 13. He was released unharmed and Anni was driven away. She was found shot dead in the abandoned minibus in Khayelitsha the next morning.
The State alleges he conspired with others to stage the hijacking in return for R15,000.
He maintains that Tongo helped him organise a surprise helicopter trip for Anni for R15,000.
During his formal interview with Hendrikse, a statement was taken down with amendments to his initial statement.
These included that the couple did not drive directly to Somerset West that night but first drove around Cape Town and then looked at Gugulethu.
Hendrikse asked Dewani to clarify what happened with the wedding rings handed over to their attackers because he was confused.
"When I asked him that question he became a bit uneasy with the question and started pacing up and down my office and then gave an explanation," the policeman said.
The interview lasted an hour.
Mopp read through Dewani's plea explanation, which included details about the surprise helicopter trip and cash to pay for that.
"The first time I heard that, my lady, was in the plea explanation," Hendrikse said.
"My lady, had that explanation been given to me right from the start when I interviewed Mr Dewani, Mr Tongo would have automatically become a suspect," he said.
Hendrikse added that his investigation would have been more focused because Tongo would have known about the money on Dewani and would have had a motive.
"My lady, as far as I can see as the investigation has proceeded, this version of Mr Dewani is merely a fabricated view."
Deputy Judge President Jeanette Traverso said that was the policeman's view and he replied that he understood and respected that.
Source : Sapa /je/jje/lp/jk
Date : 11 Nov 2014 14:17
LazyLion
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ANNI DEWANI E-MAILS READ IN COURT
Emotional e-mails from slain honeymooner Anni Dewani to her husband Shrien were retrieved from her phone in 2011, an investigating officer told the Western Cape High Court on Tuesday.
Captain Paul Hendrikse, the State's 15th witness, said they recovered her BlackBerry phone and sent it to the United Kingdom in January 2011 to obtain its contents.
Two e-mails from the deceased to her murder-accused husband were found.
Hendrikse said there were no responses to these e-mails, sent around 11am on November 5, 2010.
He read out the e-mails in court.
"I left my home, family and everything to be with you and three days later you say that if you knew marriages were like this, you wouldn't [have] got married. Seriously, do you want me to leave you?" she said in the first e-mail.
"It's very mean of you to tell me things you told me just after marriage.
"Then you should have told me this before. I don't want an insecure man or a man whose feelings doesn't come naturally that you have to force yourself."
She demanded that he tell her how he felt about her because she was very hurt and ready to pack her bags and leave him. She warned that she was not joking and that she was not sleeping at night.
A few minutes later, she sent the second e-mail.
"You did say that if you saw in [a] crystal ball how this marriage would be like, then you wouldn't have got married. That is not mean?" she stated.
She said she was letting his comments go but that he should tell her in future if he felt negatively about their relationship or had something she should know.
"Because we had a Bollywood wedding, it doesn't mean we are Bollywood actors and just pretend everything is good when it isn't. It will just end up with us hating each other."
Dewani is on trial for allegedly plotting with shuttle taxi driver Zola Tongo and others to kill Anni while they were on honeymoon in Cape Town in November 2010.
He has pleaded not guilty to charges including kidnapping, murder, and defeating the ends of justice.
He claims the couple were hijacked as Tongo was driving them through Gugulethu in his minibus on Saturday, November 13. He was released unharmed and Anni was driven away. She was found shot dead in the abandoned minibus in Khayelitsha the next morning.
The State alleges he conspired with others to stage the hijacking for which he paid R15,000.
He maintains that Tongo helped him organise a surprise helicopter trip for Anni for R15,000.
Tongo is serving an 18-year jail term and Mziwamadoda Qwabe a 25-year jail term.
Xolile Mngeni was serving life in jail for firing the shot that killed Anni, but died in prison from a brain tumour on October 18.
Hendrikse said he informed Dewani that certain arrests had been made, including that of Tongo. Dewani had apparently been surprised about his involvement.
Soon after, he hired attorney Billy Gundelfinger to represent him.
Hendrikse said Gundelfinger phoned him numerous times and he directed him to the provincial director of public prosecutions.
When Tongo signed a plea and sentencing agreement on December 5, Hendrikse obtained a warrant of arrest for Dewani.
An extradition application was filed with the UK authorities on December 20.
Source : Sapa /je/jje/lp/jk
Date : 11 Nov 2014 15:04
Emotional e-mails from slain honeymooner Anni Dewani to her husband Shrien were retrieved from her phone in 2011, an investigating officer told the Western Cape High Court on Tuesday.
Captain Paul Hendrikse, the State's 15th witness, said they recovered her BlackBerry phone and sent it to the United Kingdom in January 2011 to obtain its contents.
Two e-mails from the deceased to her murder-accused husband were found.
Hendrikse said there were no responses to these e-mails, sent around 11am on November 5, 2010.
He read out the e-mails in court.
"I left my home, family and everything to be with you and three days later you say that if you knew marriages were like this, you wouldn't [have] got married. Seriously, do you want me to leave you?" she said in the first e-mail.
"It's very mean of you to tell me things you told me just after marriage.
"Then you should have told me this before. I don't want an insecure man or a man whose feelings doesn't come naturally that you have to force yourself."
She demanded that he tell her how he felt about her because she was very hurt and ready to pack her bags and leave him. She warned that she was not joking and that she was not sleeping at night.
A few minutes later, she sent the second e-mail.
"You did say that if you saw in [a] crystal ball how this marriage would be like, then you wouldn't have got married. That is not mean?" she stated.
She said she was letting his comments go but that he should tell her in future if he felt negatively about their relationship or had something she should know.
"Because we had a Bollywood wedding, it doesn't mean we are Bollywood actors and just pretend everything is good when it isn't. It will just end up with us hating each other."
Dewani is on trial for allegedly plotting with shuttle taxi driver Zola Tongo and others to kill Anni while they were on honeymoon in Cape Town in November 2010.
He has pleaded not guilty to charges including kidnapping, murder, and defeating the ends of justice.
He claims the couple were hijacked as Tongo was driving them through Gugulethu in his minibus on Saturday, November 13. He was released unharmed and Anni was driven away. She was found shot dead in the abandoned minibus in Khayelitsha the next morning.
The State alleges he conspired with others to stage the hijacking for which he paid R15,000.
He maintains that Tongo helped him organise a surprise helicopter trip for Anni for R15,000.
Tongo is serving an 18-year jail term and Mziwamadoda Qwabe a 25-year jail term.
Xolile Mngeni was serving life in jail for firing the shot that killed Anni, but died in prison from a brain tumour on October 18.
Hendrikse said he informed Dewani that certain arrests had been made, including that of Tongo. Dewani had apparently been surprised about his involvement.
Soon after, he hired attorney Billy Gundelfinger to represent him.
Hendrikse said Gundelfinger phoned him numerous times and he directed him to the provincial director of public prosecutions.
When Tongo signed a plea and sentencing agreement on December 5, Hendrikse obtained a warrant of arrest for Dewani.
An extradition application was filed with the UK authorities on December 20.
Source : Sapa /je/jje/lp/jk
Date : 11 Nov 2014 15:04
LazyLion
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DEWANI INVESTIGATOR DENIES BIAS
The policeman leading the investigation into the murder of honeymooner Anni Dewani denied bias against her husband Shrien in the Western Cape High Court on Tuesday.
Francois van Zyl, for Shrien Dewani, asked Captain Paul Hendrikse whether his attitude towards his client and the investigation was fairly impartial.
Hendrikse, the 15th State witness, replied yes.
Van Zyl referred to a post on social networking site Facebook, without a date and time, that suggested otherwise.
The post, alleged to be by the policeman, apparently included: "Human Rights? Mental Health Act? Fair trial? Are these just escape routes?"
The post that Van Zyl read out also spoke about how these decisions further hurt victims of crime and that the policeman was losing faith.
"I would not have made such an entry. This is the first time I have seen it," Hendrikse replied.
He said a journalist informed him on Monday that his Facebook profile had been hacked and he had it deactivated.
Van Zyl said two members of Anni's family, Nishma Hindocha and Sneha Mashru, were also on his Facebook friends list. He asked whether this influenced his observations.
The officer replied not at all.
Shrien Dewani is on trial for allegedly plotting to kill his wife Anni while they were on honeymoon in Cape Town in November 2010.
He has pleaded not guilty to charges including kidnapping, murder, and defeating the ends of justice.
He claims the couple were hijacked as they were being driven through Gugulethu in his minibus on Saturday, November 13. He was released unharmed and Anni was driven away. She was found shot dead in the abandoned minibus in Khayelitsha the next morning.
The State alleges he conspired with others to stage the hijacking for which he paid R15,000.
Dewani maintains that he was organising a surprise helicopter trip for Anni for R15,000.
Hendrikse said on Monday that he first heard about this trip during Dewani's plea explanation.
Van Zyl asked if he had not watched the Panarama documentary stating that Dewani had planned a surprise helicopter trip.
The officer said he had but he meant that it was the first time he had heard about it from Dewani.
The defence criticised Hendrikse for not keeping an investigation diary and for failing to timeously follow up on the primer residue results for Qwabe's yellow kitchen glove.
The officer explained that he put all his notes and observations into statements that were available to the defence.
He said it was an "oversight" that they only obtained the primer residue results after the defence requested it from the State.
He also conceded that an affidavit correcting a mistake in the original ballistics statement was falsified although he said he was not responsible for that.
Van Zyl said his client would say Hendrikse took him to the Hawks office in Bellville, Cape Town in 2010 to take his fingerprints rather than to formally interview him.
However, the fingerprint room was locked and they could not get in.
Hendrikse denied this.
"So it means he was lying about a trivial thing like this?" the lawyer asked.
Hendrikse said what Dewani was claiming never happened.
Source : Sapa /je/ks/lp
Date : 11 Nov 2014 16:46
The policeman leading the investigation into the murder of honeymooner Anni Dewani denied bias against her husband Shrien in the Western Cape High Court on Tuesday.
Francois van Zyl, for Shrien Dewani, asked Captain Paul Hendrikse whether his attitude towards his client and the investigation was fairly impartial.
Hendrikse, the 15th State witness, replied yes.
Van Zyl referred to a post on social networking site Facebook, without a date and time, that suggested otherwise.
The post, alleged to be by the policeman, apparently included: "Human Rights? Mental Health Act? Fair trial? Are these just escape routes?"
The post that Van Zyl read out also spoke about how these decisions further hurt victims of crime and that the policeman was losing faith.
"I would not have made such an entry. This is the first time I have seen it," Hendrikse replied.
He said a journalist informed him on Monday that his Facebook profile had been hacked and he had it deactivated.
Van Zyl said two members of Anni's family, Nishma Hindocha and Sneha Mashru, were also on his Facebook friends list. He asked whether this influenced his observations.
The officer replied not at all.
Shrien Dewani is on trial for allegedly plotting to kill his wife Anni while they were on honeymoon in Cape Town in November 2010.
He has pleaded not guilty to charges including kidnapping, murder, and defeating the ends of justice.
He claims the couple were hijacked as they were being driven through Gugulethu in his minibus on Saturday, November 13. He was released unharmed and Anni was driven away. She was found shot dead in the abandoned minibus in Khayelitsha the next morning.
The State alleges he conspired with others to stage the hijacking for which he paid R15,000.
Dewani maintains that he was organising a surprise helicopter trip for Anni for R15,000.
Hendrikse said on Monday that he first heard about this trip during Dewani's plea explanation.
Van Zyl asked if he had not watched the Panarama documentary stating that Dewani had planned a surprise helicopter trip.
The officer said he had but he meant that it was the first time he had heard about it from Dewani.
The defence criticised Hendrikse for not keeping an investigation diary and for failing to timeously follow up on the primer residue results for Qwabe's yellow kitchen glove.
The officer explained that he put all his notes and observations into statements that were available to the defence.
He said it was an "oversight" that they only obtained the primer residue results after the defence requested it from the State.
He also conceded that an affidavit correcting a mistake in the original ballistics statement was falsified although he said he was not responsible for that.
Van Zyl said his client would say Hendrikse took him to the Hawks office in Bellville, Cape Town in 2010 to take his fingerprints rather than to formally interview him.
However, the fingerprint room was locked and they could not get in.
Hendrikse denied this.
"So it means he was lying about a trivial thing like this?" the lawyer asked.
Hendrikse said what Dewani was claiming never happened.
Source : Sapa /je/ks/lp
Date : 11 Nov 2014 16:46
Rouxenator
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Lotz case all over again. SAPS is useless.
How can the SAPS possibly prove his involvement beyond reasonable doubt?
Rouxenator
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in both cases they could not but kept on trying.
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Like the Oscar case, where they pushed premed murder.
Like the senzo case, where this guy has been let go but the SAPS say he is the right guy.
Cant they(SAPS) do better work. Are they all the result of cadre deployment
Forensics seems to be woefully inadequate.
Like the senzo case, where this guy has been let go but the SAPS say he is the right guy.
Cant they(SAPS) do better work. Are they all the result of cadre deployment
Forensics seems to be woefully inadequate.
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Emails (they will not link locally)
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/11/11/1415709615119_Image_galleryImage_shrien_dewani_email.JPG
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/11/11/1415709799235_Image_galleryImage_shrien_dewani_jpg.JPG
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/11/11/1415709865752_Image_galleryImage_shrien_dewani_jpg.JPG
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/11/11/1415709615119_Image_galleryImage_shrien_dewani_email.JPG
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/11/11/1415709799235_Image_galleryImage_shrien_dewani_jpg.JPG
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/11/11/1415709865752_Image_galleryImage_shrien_dewani_jpg.JPG
So would you suggest that they not even try in the future?
I'm not defending SAPS here but how/what would you suggest they do that will end up with the "correct" result at the end of the day.
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Pay higher salaries for better police. Pay for proper training.
Stop pushing the AA policy that is promoting incompetent people into power and then letting them make important decisions.
The police and NPA need to work together. Having them collaborate on cases has resulted in stronger cases. Disbanding of the Hawks was a bad idea.
It think that would be a good start.
Stop pushing the AA policy that is promoting incompetent people into power and then letting them make important decisions.
The police and NPA need to work together. Having them collaborate on cases has resulted in stronger cases. Disbanding of the Hawks was a bad idea.
It think that would be a good start.
None of that will help if the proof isn't there to begin with.
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Fixed
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Is anyone following/reading the Justice4Anni page.
Man there is some $%$# there.
It states Tongo is an honest/reliable witness.
Of course murderers simply cannot lie. It is not in their skill set.
Looks like a bunch of uniformed housewives on there
Man there is some $%$# there.
It states Tongo is an honest/reliable witness.
Of course murderers simply cannot lie. It is not in their skill set.
Looks like a bunch of uniformed housewives on there
LazyLion
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DEWANI BANTER REVEALED IN COURT
British businessman Shrien Dewani and his newly-wed wife Anni sent each other "playful" phone messages days before she was killed in November 2010, the Western Cape High Court heard on Wednesday.
Francois van Zyl, for Shrien Dewani, re-called investigating officer Captain Paul Hendrikse to show him the Blackberry phone messages his client and his client's wife sent to each other.
He was trying to place these messages within the context of two e-mails Hendrikse testified on, on Tuesday, which suggested the relationship was fraught with tension.
In the e-mails sent on November 5, 2010, Anni had threatened to leave him and later, said she would let his mean comments go in return for him being upfront with her about his feelings.
Van Zyl read out the phone messages sent on November 4 and November 5, 2010, to Hendrikse.
In the exchange, the couple teased each other and used sexual innuendo.
"Do you agree with me that is bantering between two people who obviously have affection -- we won't use the word love -- for each other?" he asked.
The policeman replied that he agreed.
Deputy Judge President Jeanette Traverso asked if the officer knew these messages existed at the time of the investigation.
Hendrikse said he did.
Dewani is on trial for allegedly plotting with shuttle taxi driver Zola Tongo and others to kill Anni while they were on honeymoon in Cape Town in November 2010.
He has pleaded not guilty to charges including kidnapping, murder and defeating the ends of justice.
He claims the couple were hijacked as Tongo was driving them through Gugulethu in his minibus on Saturday, November 13.
He was released unharmed and Anni was driven away. She was found shot dead in the abandoned minibus in Khayelitsha the next morning.
The State alleges he conspired with others to stage the hijacking in return for R15,000.
He maintains that Tongo helped him organise a surprise helicopter trip for Anni for R15,000.
Tongo is serving an 18-year jail term and Mziwamadoda Qwabe a 25-year jail term.
Xolile Mngeni was serving life in jail for firing the shot that killed Anni, but died in prison from a brain tumour on October 18.
Sapa
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Date : 12 Nov 2014 12:17
British businessman Shrien Dewani and his newly-wed wife Anni sent each other "playful" phone messages days before she was killed in November 2010, the Western Cape High Court heard on Wednesday.
Francois van Zyl, for Shrien Dewani, re-called investigating officer Captain Paul Hendrikse to show him the Blackberry phone messages his client and his client's wife sent to each other.
He was trying to place these messages within the context of two e-mails Hendrikse testified on, on Tuesday, which suggested the relationship was fraught with tension.
In the e-mails sent on November 5, 2010, Anni had threatened to leave him and later, said she would let his mean comments go in return for him being upfront with her about his feelings.
Van Zyl read out the phone messages sent on November 4 and November 5, 2010, to Hendrikse.
In the exchange, the couple teased each other and used sexual innuendo.
"Do you agree with me that is bantering between two people who obviously have affection -- we won't use the word love -- for each other?" he asked.
The policeman replied that he agreed.
Deputy Judge President Jeanette Traverso asked if the officer knew these messages existed at the time of the investigation.
Hendrikse said he did.
Dewani is on trial for allegedly plotting with shuttle taxi driver Zola Tongo and others to kill Anni while they were on honeymoon in Cape Town in November 2010.
He has pleaded not guilty to charges including kidnapping, murder and defeating the ends of justice.
He claims the couple were hijacked as Tongo was driving them through Gugulethu in his minibus on Saturday, November 13.
He was released unharmed and Anni was driven away. She was found shot dead in the abandoned minibus in Khayelitsha the next morning.
The State alleges he conspired with others to stage the hijacking in return for R15,000.
He maintains that Tongo helped him organise a surprise helicopter trip for Anni for R15,000.
Tongo is serving an 18-year jail term and Mziwamadoda Qwabe a 25-year jail term.
Xolile Mngeni was serving life in jail for firing the shot that killed Anni, but died in prison from a brain tumour on October 18.
Sapa
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Date : 12 Nov 2014 12:17
Rouxenator
Dank meme lord
Dewani might as well be up in court all like
