Monday, November 29, 2010

Murder Suspects of Dewani Murder to appear in Court today

By Abram Mahlaba.

Cape Town - Three suspects in the murder of Anni Dewani case will appear in court today after being singled out by witnesses in the identification parade this weekend.

According to http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/fourth-man-sought-over-dewani-murder-1.878622 , three suspects in the killing of a honeymooning tourist in South Africa will appear in court today ‘amidst continuing questions about what happened on the night she was hijacked with her British husband and later killed alone.’

Despite the wide spread media speculation that Shrien Dewani will attend the parade to identify the suspects, he did not make an appearance. Witnesses said that they have seen the suspect in the vehicle with Annie Dewani where they were hijacked in Gugulethu and her body was found in the same car.

The police are still looking for the fourth suspect and believe that a hotel worker in Cape Town might be involved.

Anni Dewani was murdered on November 13 after a hijack, which took place in Gugulethu, one of the crime notorious townships in Cape Town, while she was honeymooning with her husband Shrien Dewani.

The hijack led to a wide speculation by the media that Shrien might have arranged the whole thing, but he denied this by hiring a publicist, Max Clifford to deal with the media reports. Clifford said that his client was the subject of foul rumour and refuted suggestions that Shrien will return to Cape Town to act as a witness in an identity parade.

The police deny that the third suspect who was the driver, in which the couples were hijacked, turned state witness. The three suspects are not expected to apply for bail.