Back To Jail.

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Anni Dewani's killer is sent BACK to South African jail on the day he was to be released because he refused to reveal truth behind murder six years after husband was cleared




Zola Tongo, 39, was given 18 years in prison for his part in Anni Dewani's murder
He was due for release today but his parole was revoked after recent questioning
Tongo's family had driven to Malmesbury Prison, near Cape Town, to pick him up





Zola Tongo, 39, one of the men involved in the killing of honeymoon bride Anni Dewani who was due to walk free today has been ordered to stay behind bars just hours before he was due to be released

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8676735/Freedom-snatched-Anni-Dewani-killer-hes-sent-jail-day-release.html




On 13 November 2010 a taxi carrying Anni, 28, and her husband of two weeks was hijacked in the Cape Town township of Gugulethu. The two hijackers robbed the couple, ejected Dewani and the driver from the vehicle and shot Anni once in the side of the neck, the court heard. She was found the following morning in the abandoned Volkswagen Sharan people carrier.

Police initially considered Dewani to be a victim, but quickly changed their minds. Three suspects confessed to their involvement and claimed Dewani commissioned and paid for the murder. Each struck deals for their testimony, with one self-confessed killer gaining immunity from prosecution.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/dec/08/shrien-dewani-cleared-honeymoon-murder

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Shrien Dewani cleared of honeymoon murder of wife Anni Dewani

South Africa judge dismisses case against British businessman after condemning evidence of chief prosecution witness

The British businessman Shrien Dewani has been cleared of murdering his wife in an elaborate taxi hijack plot on their honeymoon in South Africa.

The Cape Town judge Jeanette Traverso declared Dewani to be not guilty of charges that he coordinated Anni Dewani’s 2010 murder.

Anni’s family said the verdict left more questions than answers and that they were exploring legal avenues for suing Dewani in the UK in connection with the killing.

In the Cape Town courtroom, Traverso ruled that evidence meant to connect the Briton to his wife’s death was so poor that the only way Dewani might be convicted was if he confessed.


She said the prosecution case rested entirely on the witness testimony of a “self-confessed liar” who “does not know where the truth ends and a lie begins”. The judgment, which cannot be appealed, effectively means that Dewani, 34, was framed for his wife’s murder.

The case will be hugely embarrassing for the South African authorities, which spent four years fighting to bring the Briton to justice. It also raises worrying questions for the country’s criminal justice system and its use of plea bargains.Standing in Cape Town’s high court dock, in black suit and tie, Dewani, from Bristol, showed no emotion as Traverso delivered her two-and-a-half-hour-long verdict. His parents, Prakash and Shila, sister Preyal and brother Preyen all shed tears.



Anni’s family, who have previously given vocal backing to Dewani’s prosecution, sat in stunned silence.

Ami Denborg, Anni’s sister, said in a statement following the verdict: “All we wanted was to hear all the events – the hope of finding that out has kept us as a family going. We feel that right has been taken away from us. We feel really, really sad because we never heard the full story of Shrien.

“We just wish that Shrien had been honest with us and especially with Anni. We’ve had four years of sleepless nights – will we ever be able to sleep? This is a really sad day for us and we hope no other families will have to go through what we’ve been through.”

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/dec/08/shrien-dewani-cleared-honeymoon-murder