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Anni's last worried call, by her father: Murdered bride 'said she had so much to tell me'

By Dan Newling
Last updated at 12:59 AM on 3rd January 2011
The father of murdered bride Anni Dewani has claimed that his daughter made a 'worried' final phone call to him, just hours before she was shot dead on her honeymoon.
Vinod Hindocha said that Anni 'wasn’t herself' when the she called to say: 'Dad, I have so much to tell you.  I'll be home on Tuesday and I'll have so much to tell you.'
The grieving father said: 'She sounded worried, she wasn't herself when she said those words. I've known her for 28 years, so I know her tone of voice.'
'I know her tone of voice': Father of murdered honeymoon bride Anni Dewani, Vimod Hindocha, has revealed that his daughter sounded 'worried' in a phone call hours before her death
'I know her tone of voice': Father of murdered honeymoon bride Anni Dewani, Vimod Hindocha, has revealed that his daughter sounded 'worried' in a phone call hours before her death
Mr Hindocha’s revelation, made in South Africa’s Sunday Times, comes despite the fact that he has previously said nothing was amiss when Anni called him on the afternoon of November 13.
In a number of previous interviews Mr Hindocha said only that Anni told him she was having ‘a lovely time’ during her final phone call, which she made from the couple’s five star Cape Grace hotel.
However, in recent weeks the 61-year-old has spoken out to urge his daughter’s husband Shrien Dewani to return to South Africa in order to ‘face justice’ there. 
Cuffed: Mr Dewani is shown leaving Westminster Magistrates court and is awaiting a decision on his extradition to South Africa
Cuffed: Mr Dewani is shown leaving Westminster Magistrates court and is awaiting a decision on his extradition to South Africa
It is possible that the heartbroken father’s decision to speak out further is part of a campaign to encourage Mr Dewani to return.
Mrs Dewani, 28, was killed after the taxi she and her new husband Dewani, 31, were travelling in was hijacked in a township on the outskirts of Cape Town.
Four local men have been arrested in connection with the hijack, including the taxi’s driver Zola Tongo. 
But the South African authorities insist that the murder was ‘masterminded’ by Mr Dewani himself.
Mr Dewani says he is being ‘smeared’ by a police force that is desperate to protect its tourist industry.  He is currently at home in Bristol awaiting an extradition hearing.
While the South African police refuse to substantiate their allegations against Mr Dewani, the two families – the Hindochas on one side, the Dewanis on the other – are fast descending into a ‘tit for tat’ media battle.
Today one of Shrien Dewani’s cousins, together with a mutual friend, used a newspaper column to question the chances of Mr Dewani receiving a fair trial in South Africa.
Writing in the Sunday Telegraph, Mr Dewani’s cousin Akta Raja and friend Andrew Jackson pointed out that the main witness against Mr Dewani - taxi driver Zola Tongo – has already received more lenient sentence in return for his testimony implicating Mr Dewani.
The column read: 'What are your [Mr Dewani’s] chances of a fair trial?
'There are no jury trials in South Africa, remember.
'Your [Mr Dewani's] fears deepen when you hear that Judge John Hlophe, who sentenced your driver and who may preside over any trial, is a controversial figure. Are you sure you will be treated fairly?'
The column read: 'What are your [Mr Dewani’s] chances of a fair trial?
'There are no jury trials in South Africa, remember.
'Your [Mr Dewani's] fears deepen when you hear that Judge John Hlophe, who sentenced your driver and who may preside over any trial, is a controversial figure. Are you sure you will be treated fairly?'
Newlyweds: Shrien Dewani was in the taxi with Anni when they were kidnapped in mid-November in a Cape Town suburb
Newlyweds: Shrien Dewani was in the taxi with Anni when they were kidnapped in mid-November in a Cape Town suburb
Tlali Tlali, spokesman for the South African justice minister Jeff Radebe, has previously described the suggestion that Mr Dewani would not receive a fair trial as 'completely distasteful'.
He said today: 'Minister Jeff Radebe has assured all and sundry that should our request to have Mr Dewani extradited to South Africa succeed, Mr Dewani will get a fair trial in South Africa.
'South Africa is a constitutional state and one which is subject to the rule of law and upholds the independence of the judiciary.  This means any accused person who stands trial in a South African court, regardless of their nationality, will have a fair trial.'
In another development, the so-called 'fifth man' in the alleged hijack plot, hotel worker Monde Mbolombo, was today said to have told detectives that he was asked to find two hitmen on behalf of Mr Dewani.
Mr Mbolombo allegedly claimed that Tongo asked him to find the killers because he 'had met a man at the airport who needed a hitman'.
Mr Dewani’s spokesman Max Clifford said that the allegations against his client are 'ludicrous, and getting more ludicrous every day'.
He said: 'It’s becoming difficult to keep up with the lies coming out of South Africa.  If it wasn’t so tragic it would be a farce.'
Mr Clifford also said that Mr Dewani 'has more chance of walking on the moon' than being treated fairly by a South African court.
 
People:
Max Clifford,
Anni Dewani,
Shrien Dewani
Places:
Cape Town,
Bristol,
South Africa
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To believe that Shrien Dewani can receive a fair trial in South Africa is to believe that cows can jump over the moon! I would have thought it was plainly obvious that South African authorities, by their actions, have made it known that Shrien Dewani is considered guilty until proven innocent. Justice in third world countries can be a very dangerous thing... particularly when you are innocent! To return to SA to face justice, one must either be very brave to tread boldly where others dare not go, or one must be bloody stupid to return to SA especially if you can beat extradition to SA. Shrien Dewani appears to be an intelligent man. What was his motive for murder? Why pick such an overly complex and risky murder method? Why would he trust another with his murder plot, knowing he could be compromised? And would he really be so dumb as to leave a money trail? Is this another 'Julie Ward/Masai Mara' type incident... only this time involving SA authorities?
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I think if Anni had something bad to tell her parents,she would have said something like,'There is something I need to tell you', operative word NEED.I have so much to tell you doesnt suggest it was bad but considering she had been away from her family for almost a week in a different continent then obviously she had 'so much to tell'
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Shrien D would know if the allegations in them self are malicious, this being the case from Shriens perspective shows corrupt direction the case has evolved into. In this situation many would fight extradition to a country as the exceptionally serious allegations should not have been put forward in the first place. A murdered wife will be devastating and shocking enough, to be subsequently accused of serious malicious involvement would destroy a person. Research from a similar turnaround case such as the Australian outback murder shows misconstrued direction on a murder case has happened before. South Africa has amongst the highest murder rates, I world not want to go there, which is the underlying stance from them in a gross attempt to try to protect their tourism reputation.
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Max Clifford should keep out of this and let justice take its course.
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Max Clifford is a paid lackey of the Dewani family. What does he know? Was he there? Mr Dewani is doing the usual, squealing after the fact. Had he stayed and been questioned further, his innocence may have already been proven. His carefully orchestrated attempts at not being extradited, speaks volumes.He is being extradited to stand trial. Why not? There are questions to be answered. A young vibrant woman was KILLED.
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Yes, there are no jury trials in South Africa, so emotionalism doesn't play a part in a verdict. Instead a Judge and two assessors will hear the evidence presented by the prosecution and the outcome will depend on the LAW. The judgment will have to include LAWFUL reasons for the verdict so the accused is assured of a fair trial under the LAW. We all know what happens when a jury responds to an emotional appeal like in the OJ Simpson case.


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