National police commissioner General Bheki Cele was let off the hook when a British district court recommended that Shrien Dewani be extradited.
Family and friends were visibly shocked in court today when a British judge recommended that Shrien Dewani should be extradited to South Africa.
Shrien Dewani can be extradited to SA to stand trial for the murder of his wife while on honeymoon, says London Judge Howard Riddle.
Xolile Mngeni, awaiting trial for the alleged murder of Anni Dewani, was still receiving treatment in prison for a malignant brain tumour.
Hospital staff do not believe that the British businessman Shrien Dewani is manipulating assessment of his mental health.
Shrien Dewani, accused of murdering his wife, Anni, was deemed to ill to attend his extradition hearing due to post-traumatic stress disorder.
Xolile Mngeni, one of the two men in police custody for the murder of Anni Dewani, has had surgery to remove a brain tumour, a court has been told.
A probe is under way into a security lapse around the alleged hitman in the Dewani murder, who was seen in hospital, unshackled with only one guard.
Police say their case against Briton Shrien Dewani is watertight due to "overwhelming evidence" that he masterminded his wife Anni’s murder in 2010.
Shrien Dewani would be seen to have committed a "sissy crime" if jailed for allegedly ordering his wife’s murder on honeymoon, a court has heard.
SA prison officials have assured a UK court that honeymoon murder accused Shrien Dewani would be sent to only the best prisons if he was extradited.
Lawyers for groom accused of honeymoon murder would be be "very vulnerable" to gang-related sexual violence.
Shrien Dewani arranged his wife’s honeymoon murder after confessing he needed to "find a way out of" his marriage, a London court heard on Tuesday.
Shrien Dewani, wanted in SA on charges of ordering his wife’s murder, was detained on Wednesday in a secure mental clinic in the UK, his lawyer said.
Police chief Bheki Cele has retracted his reference to British murder suspect Shrien Dewani as "a monkey", the Public Protector said on Monday.
A British businessman accused of ordering his wife’s murder on honeymoon in South Africa was sent to the Priory Hospital in the UK on Tuesday.
Here’s a startling thought: maybe, after all is said and done, Shrien Dewani will turn out to be innocent of murdering his bride.
A UK court ruled Shrien Dewani can stay home for at least another two weeks following an application by SA to have his bail revoked.
Honeymoon murder accused Shrien Dewani has been hospitalised after an apparent suicide attempt, the Justice Ministry said on Tuesday.
Prosecutions boss Menzi Simelane’s comments on Shrien Dewani did not prejudice Dewani’s chances of a fair trial in SA, the NPA said on Monday.
Claims of police torture and rapid plea bargains by under-pressure crime unit raise questions over Anni Dewani murder.
Three days have been set down in May for a UK court to hear the application to have Shrien Dewani extradited from the UK to South Africa.
Honeymoon murder accused Shrien Dewani will not be appearing in a London court on Tuesday, South Africa’s justice department said on Monday.
Court hears Dewani suspect volunteered information about location of the weapon after the crime.
The most detailed account yet of Anni Dewani’s last moments emerged on Wednesday in a bail application by one of the men accused of her murder.
Police may revive a two-year-old attempted murder charge against one of the men accused of killing honeymooning tourist Anni Dewani.
Honeymoon murder accused Shrien Dewani will not appear in a UK court next week, his publicist said in a report on Tuesday.
The family of the UK businessman accused of arranging his wife’s murder during their honeymoon in SA say they are concerned over his mental health.
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/ 21 January 2011
For the mother of taxi driver Zola Tongo the extradition battle being waged by the man accused of luring her son into a murder plot is a low priority.
The London hearing for the extradition of Shrien Dewani to South Africa for a murder trial was adjourned to February because he was ill.
The application to extradite Briton Shrien Dewani from the UK to SA is expected to take place on Thursday, possibly without Dewani being present.
The extradition of Shrien Dewani, implicated in the murder of his bride, Anni, in SA last year, is on course, Justice Minister Jeff Radebe says.