The National Prosecuting Authority said on Monday it respects the decision to acquit British businessman Shrien Dewani on charges of killing his wife Anni. “When you take matters to court, we’re always alive to the fact that there are two possibilities: either there is conviction or there is acquittal,” NPA[…]
Western Cape High Court Deputy Judge President Jeanette Traverso was asked on Monday to look at all the improbabilities surrounding the evidence presented during the trial of British businessman Shrien Dewani. Francois van Zyl, for Dewani, argued during an application to have his client discharged that certain details of an[…]
Lawyers for British businessman Shrien Dewani said on Monday they intended applying to the Western Cape High Court for his discharge on charges of conspiring to kill his wife Anni. Francois van Zyl, for Dewani, said the defence intended making an application to Deputy Judge President Jeanette Traverso in terms[…]
The murder trial of British businessman Shrien Dewani, accused of killing his wife Anni, will resume in the Western Cape High Court on Friday. The court did not sit on Thursday because it was the anniversary of Anni’s death. On Wednesday, Deputy Judge President Jeanette Traverso lambasted prosecutor Adrian Mopp[…]
Two hitmen apparently knew they had to go ahead with a plan to kill honeymooner Anni Dewani in 2010 without being in contact with her husband, the Western Cape High Court heard on Tuesday. Francois van Zyl, for Shrien Dewani, showed the court a timeline of the phone calls, as[…]
British businessman Shrien Dewani’s trial, on a charge of murdering his wife Anni, continues in the Western Cape High Court on Monday. The shuttle taxi driver convicted of her murder, State witness Zola Tongo, was expected to continue being cross-examined. On Thursday Francois van Zyl, for Dewani, showed three video[…]
Phone calls and video footage of the night Shrien Dewani and his wife Anni ate out in Cape Town in 2010 was shown in the Western Cape High Court on Wednesday. Prosecutor Shareen Riley led her 12th witness, Zola Tongo, through the telephonic communication he had with Dewani and their[…]
The Western Cape High Court watched footage on Tuesday of British businessman Shrien Dewani and his hired driver Zola Tongo meeting to exchange a package at his hotel in 2010. The video clips of the Cape Grace Hotel were shown while Tongo was testifying for the State against Dewani, who[…]
British businessman Shrien Dewani did not flinch on Wednesday morning as the Western Cape High Court was shown police videos re-enacting the shooting of his wife Anni in a shuttle taxi. He watched the three videos from the dock with the same expression he normally had when taking notes during[…]
British businessman Shrien Dewani’s trial, for the murder of his wife Anni, will resume in the Western Cape High Court on Monday. Dewani is accused of masterminding the murder of his wife during their honeymoon in Cape Town and offering local men R15,000 to carry out a hit, on November[…]
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