{"id":12172,"date":"2011-12-13T06:22:49","date_gmt":"2011-12-13T06:22:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/12\/dewani-extradition-appeal-starts\/"},"modified":"2011-12-13T06:22:49","modified_gmt":"2011-12-13T06:22:49","slug":"dewani-extradition-appeal-starts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/13\/dewani-extradition-appeal-starts\/","title":{"rendered":"Dewani extradition appeal starts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span><span>13 December 2011<\/span> <span>Last updated at<\/span> <span>06:22 GMT<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/news.bbcimg.co.uk\/media\/images\/55501000\/jpg\/_55501135_012630812-1.jpg\" width=\"304\" height=\"171\" alt=\"Shrien Dewani\" \/><span>Shrien Dewani denies any involvement in the killing<\/span><\/div>\n<p>A man accused of plotting the murder of his wife on their honeymoon in South Africa is to challenge an order that he can be extradited.<\/p>\n<p>Shrien Dewani, 31, denies any involvement in the killing of his wife Anni, 28, who was shot after their taxi was hijacked in Cape Town.<\/p>\n<p>In August, a judge ruled that he could be sent to South Africa to stand trial.<\/p>\n<p>Home Secretary Theresa May signed an order approving the extradition in September.<\/p>\n<p>Mrs Dewani, from Sweden, was shot dead when the taxi the couple were travelling in was hijacked in the Gugulethu township in Cape Town in November last year.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Dewani was released unharmed but his wife&#8217;s body was later found in the abandoned car.<\/p>\n<p><span>Stress disorder<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Taxi driver Zola Tongo, 31, from Bothasig, Cape Town, has been sentenced to 18 years in jail for murder, kidnapping, robbery with aggravating circumstances and perverting the course of justice, after agreeing a plea bargain.<\/p>\n<p>In December 2010, Tongo told the Western Cape High Court he was offered 15,000 rand (\u00a31,400) by Mr Dewani to kill his wife.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Dewani, a care home owner from Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol, faces accusations of murder, conspiracy to commit murder, robbery with aggravating circumstances and obstructing the administration of justice.<\/p>\n<p>Two other men, Mziwamadoda Qwabe, 25, and Xolile Mngeni, 23, are also charged with murder, as well as kidnapping and robbery with aggravating circumstances and are due to go on trial at the Western Cape High Court next year.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Dewani is said to be suffering from severe post-traumatic stress disorder and is receiving treatment at a Bristol clinic.<\/p>\n<p>The hearing will take place on Tuesday and Wednesday at the High Court in London.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 13 December 2011 Last updated at 06:22 GMT Shrien Dewani denies any involvement in the killing A man accused of plotting the murder of his wife on their honeymoon in South Africa is to challenge an order that he can be extradited. Shrien Dewani, 31, denies any involvement in the killing of his wife Anni, 28, who was shot after their taxi was hijacked in Cape Town. In August, a judge ruled that he could be sent to South Africa to stand trial<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Dewani extradition appeal starts - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/13\/dewani-extradition-appeal-starts\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Dewani extradition appeal starts - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"13 December 2011 Last updated at 06:22 GMT Shrien Dewani denies any involvement in the killing A man accused of plotting the murder of his wife on their honeymoon in South Africa is to challenge an order that he can be extradited. 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