The trial of British businessman Shrien Dewani, accused of murdering his wife Anni, continues in the Western Cape High Court on Tuesday. Shuttle taxi driver Zola Tongo, one of the men convicted of the killing, was expected to continue being cross-examined. On Monday, Dewani’s lawyer Francois van Zyl questioned Tongo[…]
British businessman Shrien Dewani never sent a text message to his shuttle driver hours before he and his wife were hijacked, his lawyer told the Western Cape High Court on Monday. Francois van Zyl, for Dewani, was trying to show that murder convicted driver Zola Tongo was lying about communication[…]
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’s trial, on a charge of murdering his wife Anni, continues in the Western Cape High Court in Cape Town on Monday. At his last court appearance on Wednesday, a police ballistics expert called by the State seemed to cause much exasperation and frustration during cross-examination. Pieter[…]
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[…]
Slain honeymooner Anni Dewani wanted out of her marriage to British businessman husband Shrien in 2010, her cousin told the Western Cape High Court on Monday. Sneha Mashru, the State’s seventh witness, was adamant that she and Anni were like sisters and that Anni often confided in her about the[…]
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[…]
The policeman who took a witness statement from murder-accused Shrien Dewani after a hijacking in 2010 was criticised on Tuesday for having a poor memory and not following procedure. Francois van Zyl, for Dewani, cross-examined State witness Warrant Officer George Stefanus in the Western Cape High Court on his involvement[…]
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