The Anni Dewani Murder Case

Anni Dewani shooter is guilty

Anni Dewani's family will not celebrate the conviction of the man who pulled the trigger on her until their son-in-law, Shrien Dewani, is charged.

The family believes Dewani holds the key pieces of the puzzle.

The Cape Town High Court convicted Xolile Mngeni of robbery with aggravating circumstances, premeditated murder and illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition yesterday.

Mngeni is the only South African to be tried for the murder after his co-accused, Mzwamadoda Qwabe, and taxi driver Zola Tongo turned state witnesses.

Anni was shot dead while on honeymoon with Shrien in Cape Town on November 13 2010 in a staged hijacking.

Tongo confessed that Shrien had offered him R15000 to find hitmen to kill Anni and that he had hired Qwabe and Mngeni to carry out the hit.

Qwabe testified that Mngeni shot Anni. Shrien has denied the allegations.

Speaking from Sweden after the judgment, Anni's father, Vinod Hindocha, said the family looked forward to a pending ruling by a UK court on Dewani's extradition to South Africa.

"It's good news but now we hope that the last person remaining will also [be tried in court] and that is Mr Dewani," said Hindocha.

"The biggest moment will be the judgment for him to travel to South Africa and face trial. After all he says he is not guilty, then why not," Hindocha said.

Dewani is being treated for severe depression and post-traumatic stress disorder in a psychiatric hospital. The UK court will rule whether he is fit to be extradited on December 3.

Judge Robert Henney found the state had proved its case against Mngeni beyond reasonable doubt and that Mngeni's version was "riddled with improbabilities, inconsistencies and untruths".

"The accused could barely avoid the avalanche of evidence proved by the state - it came crashing down on him," Henney said.

Mngeni's grandmother, Zanyiwe Mngeni, said: "He is not going to live there [in prison] forever, he is going to come back."

Mngeni invited journalists to "come to Polsmoor" prison where the is being held. Sentencing proceedings will begin tomorrow.
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I suppose this story won't die down until Shrien Dewani has had his day in court. What's the latest on that?
 
Now her husband who organised the whole thing just needs to go down as well. When he gets back from finding "the real killers" with OJ, that is.
 
abzo said:
So no charges at all for the other two?
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Zola Tongo admitted guilt in a plea bargain, and was sentenced to 18.

Mziwamadoda Qwabe pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 25 years.

These two did not face trial because they pleaded guilty.
 
blunomore said:
Zola Tongo admitted guilt in a plea bargain, and was sentenced to 18.

Mziwamadoda Qwabe pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 25 years.

These two did not face trial because they pleaded guilty.
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Oh thanks, this part
Mngeni is the only South African to be tried for the murder after his co-accused, Mzwamadoda Qwabe, and taxi driver Zola Tongo turned state witnesses.
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led me to think that the other two got off scot-free.
 
Dewani suffers relapse

British businessman Shrien Dewani -- wanted in South Africa in connection with the honeymoon murder of his wife -- has suffered a mental health relapse, a London court heard today.

The British Press Association reported that Dewani, 33, was being treated at a hospital in Bristol for depression and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

Last month, the Westminster Magistrates' Court heard that his condition had "improved significantly".

Dewani's 28-year-old wife Anni was shot when the taxi the couple were travelling in was hijacked in the Gugulethu township on the outskirts of Cape Town in November 2010.

On Wednesday, Clare Montgomery QC, for Dewani, said doctors had taken Dewani off the anti-anxiety medication which was helping him most with his condition, after a bad reaction.

"We may have taken one step back, having taken two steps forward," she said.

But despite the setback, the court heard that a full extradition hearing was still expected to go ahead in July.


Source : Sapa /hdw/dd/ks
Date : 15 May 2013 16:20
 
Fudzy said:
I'd also be having mental problems if I was facing extradition.
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Knowing these courts and prosecutors he will get off anyhow as well as Oscar even if they are 100% guilty.

Surely they must see through his BS.
 
Garyvdh said:
Strange how this relapse seems to come right before his extradition hearing! :rolleyes:
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You know what they say; the secret to true comedy is... Timing.
Sadly 'tho, said murderous chop has been getting away with this charade for a while now.
 
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