Father of murdered bride tells his son-in-law: Go back and face justice
The father of murdered honeymoon bride Anni Dewani yesterday made an impassioned plea for his son-in-law to return to South Africa and face justice.
Vinod Hindocha appealed to millionaire businessman Shrien Dewani to abandon plans to fight extradition over claims he hired two hitmen to kill his wife in a staged carjacking during their Cape Town honeymoon.
In a direct appeal to his son-in-law, Mr Hindocha said: ‘Go to South Africa. Let the world know what happened.
'Go back': The father of murdered Anni Dewani has appealed to her husband Shrien to return to South Africa and face justice
‘Give us justice. That’s what I ask for. Justice for my daughter, who was so lively and innocent.
‘If he says proudly that he did not do it, then just go back. Clear the doubts.’
Mr Dewani returned to his Bristol home a few days after his 28-year-old wife was shot dead after their taxi was ambushed in a township outside Cape Town on November 13.
The taxi driver, Zola Tongo, was jailed for a reduced sentence of 18 years after admitting organising the murder but claiming Mr Dewani asked him to arrange the two ‘assassins’.
Three days after the killing, Mr Dewani, 30, allegedly broke off from a meeting with his grieving father-in-law in South Africa to ‘surreptitiously’ hand a packet of cash to Tongo.
Heart-breaking: Vinod Hindocha, second from left, in the High Court in Cape Town, South Africa, where he watched the trial of her killers
Mr Hindocha has signed an affidavit confirming his son-in-law left after receiving a call.
The money exchange was captured on CCTV, the High Court in London was told last week.
Speaking from his home in Mariestad, Sweden, Mr Hindocha said he had not had further contact with his son-in-law.
The 61-year-old, who runs an electrical equipment company in Scandinavia, said he and his family were struggling with Anni’s death.
‘It’s terrible. Things are not getting better. I can’t go to work. I can’t do anything,’ he told South Africa’s Cape Times newspaper.
‘We just walk round and round. We can’t get peace of mind.’
On bail: Shrien Dewani leaves Southmead Police Station, in Bristol, where he must report
Mr Dewani’s lawyer, Clare Montgomery QC, told Westminster Magistrates’ Court last week he does not ‘consent’ to returning to South Africa, where the authorities want to investigate him on suspicion of conspiracy to murder.
He is at home in Westbury-on-Trym on £250,000 bail ahead of next month’s extradition hearing. He denies any involvement in the murder.
The two men accused of killing Mrs Dewani are to stand trial in Cape Town in February.
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