DEWANI: Request for part of Annis return air flight by Dewani family

By NICK PARKER and STEVE HAWKES

EXCLUSIVE

MILLIONAIRE Shrien Dewani was refunded part of his wife's return air fare days after her murder in South Africa, it was revealed yesterday.

 

A proportion of the cost of Anni Dewani's business class ticket was paid back after a call to British Airways by a representative of the tycoon.

 

Dewani, 30, returned to the UK three days after Anni, 28, was found shot dead in a hijacked people carrier. She returned on the same flight in a coffin in the plane's hold.

 

A BA source said last night: "Mr Dewani did not call in person but a request was received for a refund of the return fare from Cape Town. A proportion of the cost was refunded to him."

 

It was unclear exactly how much was returned as BA operates strict policies on non-flexible fares.

The sum could have been as low as £75 once cancellation charges were deducted.

 

A relative is believed to have made the call to the airline in London because Dewani appeared too upset to deal with it himself.

 

Business class seats on the route vary between around £2,600 and £4,000 depending on the flexibility of the ticket and time of the year.

 

Reclaiming a large chunk of a return fare is normally impossible without paying a £200 cancellation fee - or being given a discretionary refund in exceptional circumstances.

 

Dewani and his new wife flew to South Africa on November 7.

 

Anni's dad Vinod Hindocha has claimed that he was told she had been crying on the plane and had refused to sit with her husband.

 

Dewani's British lawyer, Charlotte Harris, said: "Any suggestion that there was hostility between the couple on the aeroplane or at any other point during the honeymoon is completely false."

 

Dewani has maintained that he and his wife from Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol, were blissfully happy on their trip to Cape Town following their wedding in Mumbai, India. Anni was killed on November 13.

Dewani denies any involvment in her death.

 

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