Tuesday, April 12, 2011
This man nailed Dewani...to refresh our minds.
http://www.citypress.co.za//This-man-nailed-Dewani-20101212-3
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Adriaan Basson, Babalwa Shota and Julian Jansen
Here he is – the middle man who recruited two young hitmen from Khayelitsha to kill Swedish tourist Anni Dewani.
Monde Mbolombo, a receptionist at the Protea Hotel Colosseum in Cape Town, is the key state witness in the case against Dewani’s husband, Shrien, who allegedly paid R15?000 for the hit.
Mbolombo has been granted indemnity from prosecution and will not be spending any time in jail if he testifies truthfully in Anni Dewani’s murder trial.
At 5.35pm on the day Anni was killed, Mbolombo posted the following message in Xhosa on his Facebook page: “Jengokuba undibilisela amanzi, awakho ayatsholoza,” which means “you are plotting against me, but there is bigger trouble coming for you”.
City Press has reliably learned how police used the so-called domino strategy – the same method used by the Scorpions to nail former police boss Jackie Selebi – to make a breakthrough in the case.
After forensically linking one of the shooters to the crime scene, police arrested Xolile Mnguni and Mziwamadoda Qwabe for shooting Anni, and they then implicated Mbolombo as the man who recruited them.
After being apprehended by the police, Mbolombo began to sing.
According to colleagues, he “disappeared” from work for three weeks.
Mbolombo’s brother, Patrick, declined to speak to City Press this week, but said his brother was definitely not in custody and was co-operating fully with police.
Mbolombo has given the police a full witness statement that implicates shuttle driver Zola Tongo as well as Shrien Dewani.
This statement was used to convince Tongo, who met Mbolombo at the Colosseum Hotel, from where he was also operating, to enter into a plea bargain agreement with the state.
Tongo was sentenced this week to 18 years in prison in return for making an affidavit implicating Shrien Dewani in the hit on his wife by allegedly ordering it.
Dewani is fighting his extradition to South Africa to face trial after he was released on bail of £250?000 (R2.7?million) by the London High Court on Friday.
»?In an interview with City Press on Friday a close relative of Mnguni said he was approached by Qwabe “because they needed a trigger man and knew that he was capable”.
Qwabe lives a few houses away from Mnguni in Khayelitsha.
Mnguni was out on bail in another murder case when he allegedly killed Anni Dewani. Days after the murder, Mnguni boasted in a Khayelitsha tavern about his “successful job”.
A family member who did not want to be named said: “He always beats these cases. He always comes back, so he is not really worried about this one either. The only thing he was worried about was being held in Bellville. He wanted to be in Pollsmoor and now that he is there he is back to normal.”
»?National Police Commissioner Bheki Cele confirmed yesterday that police were investigating a potential link between the murder of Anni Dewani and the assassination in October 2007 of popular King William’s Town doctor, Pox Raghavjee. Raghavjee was a friend of Shrien Dewani’s family and his son, Krischen, lives in Bristol, close to the Dewanis.
When City Press visited Alvita Raghavjee, Krischen’s wife, on Friday at the Bristol travel agency she works at, Alvita, visibly upset, refused to discuss the matter and chased City Press out of the shop.
It has been disclosed that Shrien allegedly told Tongo he had arranged a hit in South Africa before.
Pox Raghavjee’s wife, Heather, was in the UK this week visiting family, and she visited Shrien in Cape Town shortly after Anni’s murder. The police in Eastern Cape want to interview her as she was the complainant in her husband’s murder case. – Additional reporting by Paddy Harper
Monde Mbolombo, a receptionist at the Protea Hotel Colosseum in Cape Town, is the key state witness in the case against Dewani’s husband, Shrien, who allegedly paid R15?000 for the hit.
Mbolombo has been granted indemnity from prosecution and will not be spending any time in jail if he testifies truthfully in Anni Dewani’s murder trial.
At 5.35pm on the day Anni was killed, Mbolombo posted the following message in Xhosa on his Facebook page: “Jengokuba undibilisela amanzi, awakho ayatsholoza,” which means “you are plotting against me, but there is bigger trouble coming for you”.
City Press has reliably learned how police used the so-called domino strategy – the same method used by the Scorpions to nail former police boss Jackie Selebi – to make a breakthrough in the case.
After forensically linking one of the shooters to the crime scene, police arrested Xolile Mnguni and Mziwamadoda Qwabe for shooting Anni, and they then implicated Mbolombo as the man who recruited them.
After being apprehended by the police, Mbolombo began to sing.
According to colleagues, he “disappeared” from work for three weeks.
Mbolombo’s brother, Patrick, declined to speak to City Press this week, but said his brother was definitely not in custody and was co-operating fully with police.
Mbolombo has given the police a full witness statement that implicates shuttle driver Zola Tongo as well as Shrien Dewani.
This statement was used to convince Tongo, who met Mbolombo at the Colosseum Hotel, from where he was also operating, to enter into a plea bargain agreement with the state.
Tongo was sentenced this week to 18 years in prison in return for making an affidavit implicating Shrien Dewani in the hit on his wife by allegedly ordering it.
Dewani is fighting his extradition to South Africa to face trial after he was released on bail of £250?000 (R2.7?million) by the London High Court on Friday.
»?In an interview with City Press on Friday a close relative of Mnguni said he was approached by Qwabe “because they needed a trigger man and knew that he was capable”.
Qwabe lives a few houses away from Mnguni in Khayelitsha.
Mnguni was out on bail in another murder case when he allegedly killed Anni Dewani. Days after the murder, Mnguni boasted in a Khayelitsha tavern about his “successful job”.
A family member who did not want to be named said: “He always beats these cases. He always comes back, so he is not really worried about this one either. The only thing he was worried about was being held in Bellville. He wanted to be in Pollsmoor and now that he is there he is back to normal.”
»?National Police Commissioner Bheki Cele confirmed yesterday that police were investigating a potential link between the murder of Anni Dewani and the assassination in October 2007 of popular King William’s Town doctor, Pox Raghavjee. Raghavjee was a friend of Shrien Dewani’s family and his son, Krischen, lives in Bristol, close to the Dewanis.
When City Press visited Alvita Raghavjee, Krischen’s wife, on Friday at the Bristol travel agency she works at, Alvita, visibly upset, refused to discuss the matter and chased City Press out of the shop.
It has been disclosed that Shrien allegedly told Tongo he had arranged a hit in South Africa before.
Pox Raghavjee’s wife, Heather, was in the UK this week visiting family, and she visited Shrien in Cape Town shortly after Anni’s murder. The police in Eastern Cape want to interview her as she was the complainant in her husband’s murder case. – Additional reporting by Paddy Harper
- City Press
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Extradition hearing date looming...time for a little spin and poor Shrien is getting weaker and weaker and weaker....
- Murder suspect on suicide watch moved to secure facility
Dewani, who has denied claims he ordered the killing of his new Swedish-born wife, was transferred to a secure mental health hospital following his behaviour over the weekend.
The argument with a fellow patient was said to have been sparked by an 'adverse reaction' from Dewani to his medication.
Denial: Shrien Dewani insists that he had nothing to do with his wife's death
Police would not say whether Dewani, 31, who is on suicide watch, attacked anyone or was attacked himself.
A source close to him said: 'He had a reaction to his medication, which meant he was loud and noisy.
There was no fight or argument but one female resident got in a heated discussion with him and was taunting him and saying, 'You should go back to South Africa'.'
Dewani has become dishevelled and grim-faced since his stay in the Priory
Fresh-faced: Mr Dewani with his wife Anni who was murdered last November
Dewani, from Westbury-on-Trym in Bristol, is said to be suffering from severe post-traumatic stress syndrome after the shooting of his wife Anni Dewani, 28, in Cape Town last November.
His symptoms were said to have dramatically worsened last week after he reacted badly to his anti-depressants, culminating in Saturday night's incident.
His psychiatrist, Dr Paul Dedman, said it was likely he suffered an adverse reaction to the medication, according to friends of Dewani.
One said: 'In Shrien's mind he's confused as to what happened (before he surrendered himself to police). He's not certain.'
Set in 16 acres of landscaped grounds overlooking the Bristol Channel, the Cygnet Hospital offers 'a tranquil and therapeutic environment to provide care and treatment for those individuals with complex mental illness'.
Mr Dewani was sent to The Priory Hospital in Bristol for his own safety
His friends said they did not think he would be kept in a secure ward at the hospital but would more likely be staying in its rehabilitation section.
The South African authorities want to extradite him and have made repeated courtroom bids to have him remanded in custody.
But at yesterday's court hearing it was decided his psychiatric healthcare needs would be best met at the Cygnet Hospital, his brother Preyen Dewani said.
His friends said his condition was deteriorating and that he was 'suffering immensely'.
One said: 'We remain concerned for his health and the continued attempts by the South African authorities to smear him and seek his remand in custody.'
The young businessman had been on bail at his home but was last month admitted to the Priory - which specialises in treating mental health problems - after taking an overdose of pills in February.
Dewani remains subject to £250,000 bail and strict conditions including a curfew and the requirement that he report daily to a local police station.
Mrs Dewani, from Sweden, was shot when a cab the couple were travelling in on their honeymoon was hijacked in the Gugulethu township.
She was found dead in the back of the abandoned taxi with a bullet wound to her neck after cabbie Zola Tongo drove the newlyweds to the deprived township.
Tongo originally claimed his vehicle was held up and he and Dewani were ejected before Mrs Dewani was driven away and killed.
But in a plea bargain later, Tongo claimed Dewani offered him 15,000 rand (£1,400) to arrange the killing.
The 31-year-old cabbie from Bothasig was sentenced to 18 years in jail for murder, kidnapping, robbery with aggravating circumstances and perverting the course of justice.
Dewani denies arranging a hit on his wife.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1375975/Honeymoon-murder-suspect-Shrien-Dewani-moved-Priory-Hospital-heated-discussion-fellow-patient.html#ixzz1JIZND2Qr
Anni Dewani was killed during the couple's honeymoon to South Africa
Sunday, April 3, 2011
This may help in the Dewani case (an expert witness who was found deceitful by claiming Paul Wynne Jones was suffering from post traumatic stress)...if during the extradition hearing it is found that the expert witness has lied or exagerated Dewanis condition ,they can now be sued in the civil courts.
Expert witnesses have lost their 400-year-old immunity from being sued in the civil courts.
Today's historic decision by the Supreme Court follows a complaint by motorcyclist Paul Wynne Jones who was injured after he was hit by a car in Liverpool in March 2001.
She concluded that Mr Wynne Jones was suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder but the defence consultant psychiatrist said he was exaggerating his symptoms.
The two experts were ordered to prepare a joint statement, and it was Mr Wynne Jones's case that Ms Kaney carried out this task negligently in signing a report agreeing that he had not suffered PTSD and had been deceitful.
This was so damaging to his claim that he settled for a significantly lower sum than he might have otherwise been awarded, and led to him issuing proceedings for negligence.
A High Court judge struck out Mr Wynne Jones's case, as he was bound by a 2000 Court of Appeal decision that an expert witness was entitled to immunity, and the matter went to a panel of seven Supreme Court justices as a point of general public importance.
Giving their reasons for allowing the appeal, by a majority of five to two, Lord Phillips rejected argument that expert witnesses would be discouraged from providing their services if they were liable to be sued for breach of duty.
"All who provide professional services which involve a duty of care are at risk of being sued for breach of that duty. They customarily insure against that risk."
He added that a lesson was to be learnt from the position of barristers.
"It was always believed that it was necessary that barristers should be immune from suit in order to ensure that they were not inhibited from performing their duty to the court.
"Yet removal of their immunity has not in my experience resulted in any diminution of the advocate's readiness to perform that duty.
"It would be quite wrong to perpetuate the immunity of expert witnesses out of mere conjecture that they will be reluctant to perform their duty to the court if they are not immune from suit for breach of duty."
Concluding that the immunity from being sued for breach of duty should be abolished, whether in contract or in negligence, he emphasised that this did not extend to the absolute privilege enjoyed by experts in respect of defamation claims.
Dissenting with Lord Hope, Lady Hale said the topic was more suitable for consideration by the Law Commission and reform, if thought appropriate, should be considered by Parliament rather than the Supreme Court.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/expert-witness-immunity-removed-2257347.html
Chitwa Chitwa discount
British murder accused Shrien Dewani pretended to be a travel consultant to get a 90% discount at the luxury private safari lodge where he took his bride, Anni, on honeymoon just days before she was shot dead – allegedly at his instigation.
He conned the Chitwa Chitwa lodge at Sabi Sand Game Reserve into charging him R3000 for three nights, instead of the R36000 going rate.
Dewani was given the special deal after portraying himself as a “travel consultant” when making the booking five days before checking in on November 9.And guests have also revealed how a miserable Anni had no idea she was going on honeymoon in South Africa and had been ill-prepared as a result. They said she showed little interest in the safari during their stay and was reluctant to go on game drives, was afraid of insects and sat at the bar alone drinking orange juice.
This appears to be at odds with Dewani’s widely reported claims that she initiated the drive to Guguletu in Cape Town – where she was murdered around November 13 – because she wanted to get a glimpse of “the real Africa”.
He now stands accused of bringing Anni to South Africa to be killed by hit men whom he allegedly paid R15000.
Dewani co-owns PSP Healthcare, which operates nursing homes in the UK. The firm made the lodge reservation in a series of telephone calls and e-mails. At no time was mention made that he was on honeymoon.
Instead, Dewani portrayed himself as “an upmarket travel consultant” who wanted to check if the lodge would be suitable for his clients.
Giving travel agents reduced rates or allowing them to stay free is standard practice in the tourism industry to lure new business.
When approached for comment yesterday, Dewani’s publicist, Max Clifford, initially said: “My client has nothing to do with the travel industry. He never had any business interest in the travel industry.”
On learning of the hefty discount, an agitated Clifford said: “We are getting used to the lies coming out of SA on a daily basis. The lodge must enjoy the publicity they are getting out of this story.”
Other evidence in the case includes:
Potentially damning sms messages reportedly between Dewani and Tongo;A Makarov 9mm pistol with four bullets, plus one empty shell casing, which matches the bullet fired into Anni’s neck;
Electronic signatures that can be traced to the cellphones of all the suspects – including Dewani – showing their location at different times;
Three sets of seized CCTV footage showing two separate meetings at the luxury Cape Grace Hotel between Dewani and Tongo, as well as footage near the Surfside restaurant in the Strand where the couple had their last meal at a table with ocean views of Simon’s Town and Gordon’s Bay; and
Fingerprints found in Tongo’s vehicle, a VW Sharan, in which Anni was shot
.
National police commissioner General Bheki Cele confirmed yesterday that police were probing links between the 2007 killing of an Eastern Cape doctor and Anni’s murder.
Dr Pox Raghavjee was killed three years ago in similar circumstances. His widow, Heath-er Raghavjee, went to Cape Town with a close friend of Dewani’s father, Prakash – a magistrate – to comfort Dewani after Anni died.
Tongo claimed in his plea bargain agreement that Dewani had mentioned his involvement in a previous fake hijacking in SA.
Pox Raghavjee’s half-naked body was found with two bullet wounds on a dirt road next to his green Mercedes-Benz near Bhisho Stadium in 2007.
He was a general practitioner in King William’s Town.
On Monday morning, October 29 2007, he left for the surgery, but never arrived, and his wife reported him missing. Police later confirmed he was killed by a bullet to the head. All his belongings, including R500 in his wallet, his watch and cellphone were found at the scene.
King William’s Town police spokesman Thozama Solani said the case was still open and there was a R50000 reward for information.
Dr Harry Ramjee, a relative of the Raghavjee family, said they had met Prakash Dewani in King William’s Town, “but not (Shrien). His parents were here.”
Chitwa Chitwa owner Maria Brink declined to discuss details of the lodge’s clients.
But guests who met the Dewanis at the lodge described Anni as “a very fragile girl, very delicate”.
One said the 28-year-old part-time model from Sweden declined to go on a game drive because her feet were swollen after the flight from London.
The Dewanis, who held a gala wedding ceremony in Mumbai on October 29, struck guests and staff at the lodge as “a very sweet couple who looked very happy together”.
Briton Angela Bartlett was quoted in UK newspapers as saying Anni did not have the right clothes for a game reserve visit. Anni told her she had learnt at the last minute from her mother-in-law that she was going on honeymoon to SA.
A photograph taken with Bartlett’s camera shows the couple laughing and smiling with half a dozen other guests around a dinner table romantically lit with paraffin lamps.
Chitwa house, an exclusive retreat with two suites sleeping four guests, costs R35000 a night during high season.
From Chitwa Chitwa, the couple went to Cape Town International Airport on November 12 where Dewani hired chauffeur Tonga to take them to the Cape Grace Hotel.
Within minutes Tongo claims Dewani was asking for a hitman.
Tonga claimed in court that, within minutes of arriving at the hotel, Dewani asked him to arrange Comment: Shrien Dewani when asked by police for the taxi registration number said he had to phone his family in London for it...(although I find this odd, why would Dewani think to take the reg.no of the taxi ? I know I would not have done this ...so something not quite right there).... The taxi may have been booked from London possibly through a travel agency. This leaves an option and god forbid what I am thinking , the hit was pre arranged in London.
The next day, he drove them to Guguletu, where two men staged a fake hijacking – releasing Tongo and Dewani unharmed – and shot Anni dead.
SA has launched extradition proceedings against Dewani, who returned to the UK three days after the murder.
He has repeatedly proclaimed his innocence – with questions even arising this week over his sexuality – and accused Tongo of lying to save his own skin.
The murder case, which has gripped South Africa and Britain, is taking dramatic twists and turns.
Dewani left Wandsworth Prison in London at 5.30pm on Friday afternoon, after being granted bail of R2.7-million, in a black BMW X5, which swept him through the iron gates at his home in Bristol, southwestern England.
But, within hours of his arrival, new developments unfolded, including details of the case being built by police in SA, as well as possible links to another 2007 hijacking and murder case in the country.
Early yesterday morning, lights could be seen on in the Dewani house in the Bristol suburb of Westbury-on-Trym, where a large group of photographers and TV crews continue to camp.
Photographers also kept vigil at the local police station where Dewani must report every day until his extradition hearing in a London court on January 20.
The Hindu temple in Bristol’s Redfield suburb, on the other side of town, where Dewani is a regular worshipper, stood empty yesterday morning.
Taxi driver Zola Tongo on Tuesday implicated Dewani in Anni’s murder. Comment : The woman he claimed to love and searched the World for, yet he had no interest in getting the bastards who killed her. I know my husband would have stayed in SA and tried to rip them from limb to limb.
Shrien said on the night of the killing they were cuddled together in the back of the taxi looking at the Safari photographs from their trip. It was late, so it would have been dark, would they have been looking at photographs at this point? Where are these photographs ? or was Anni so unhappy no photographs were taken, if so clever way for Shreni to imply they were stolen. Had they been hijacked while looking at pictures they would have been strewn all over the floor in the taxi...no reports of photographs having been found. Comment: Alvita Raghavjee works for a travel agency. Alvita just happens to be a very good friend of Shrien.
He conned the Chitwa Chitwa lodge at Sabi Sand Game Reserve into charging him R3000 for three nights, instead of the R36000 going rate.
Dewani was given the special deal after portraying himself as a “travel consultant” when making the booking five days before checking in on November 9.And guests have also revealed how a miserable Anni had no idea she was going on honeymoon in South Africa and had been ill-prepared as a result. They said she showed little interest in the safari during their stay and was reluctant to go on game drives, was afraid of insects and sat at the bar alone drinking orange juice.
This appears to be at odds with Dewani’s widely reported claims that she initiated the drive to Guguletu in Cape Town – where she was murdered around November 13 – because she wanted to get a glimpse of “the real Africa”.
He now stands accused of bringing Anni to South Africa to be killed by hit men whom he allegedly paid R15000.
Dewani co-owns PSP Healthcare, which operates nursing homes in the UK. The firm made the lodge reservation in a series of telephone calls and e-mails. At no time was mention made that he was on honeymoon.
Instead, Dewani portrayed himself as “an upmarket travel consultant” who wanted to check if the lodge would be suitable for his clients.
Giving travel agents reduced rates or allowing them to stay free is standard practice in the tourism industry to lure new business.
When approached for comment yesterday, Dewani’s publicist, Max Clifford, initially said: “My client has nothing to do with the travel industry. He never had any business interest in the travel industry.”
On learning of the hefty discount, an agitated Clifford said: “We are getting used to the lies coming out of SA on a daily basis. The lodge must enjoy the publicity they are getting out of this story.”
Other evidence in the case includes:
Potentially damning sms messages reportedly between Dewani and Tongo;A Makarov 9mm pistol with four bullets, plus one empty shell casing, which matches the bullet fired into Anni’s neck;
Electronic signatures that can be traced to the cellphones of all the suspects – including Dewani – showing their location at different times;
Three sets of seized CCTV footage showing two separate meetings at the luxury Cape Grace Hotel between Dewani and Tongo, as well as footage near the Surfside restaurant in the Strand where the couple had their last meal at a table with ocean views of Simon’s Town and Gordon’s Bay; and
Fingerprints found in Tongo’s vehicle, a VW Sharan, in which Anni was shot
.
National police commissioner General Bheki Cele confirmed yesterday that police were probing links between the 2007 killing of an Eastern Cape doctor and Anni’s murder.
Dr Pox Raghavjee was killed three years ago in similar circumstances. His widow, Heath-er Raghavjee, went to Cape Town with a close friend of Dewani’s father, Prakash – a magistrate – to comfort Dewani after Anni died.
Tongo claimed in his plea bargain agreement that Dewani had mentioned his involvement in a previous fake hijacking in SA.
Pox Raghavjee’s half-naked body was found with two bullet wounds on a dirt road next to his green Mercedes-Benz near Bhisho Stadium in 2007.
He was a general practitioner in King William’s Town.
On Monday morning, October 29 2007, he left for the surgery, but never arrived, and his wife reported him missing. Police later confirmed he was killed by a bullet to the head. All his belongings, including R500 in his wallet, his watch and cellphone were found at the scene.
King William’s Town police spokesman Thozama Solani said the case was still open and there was a R50000 reward for information.
Dr Harry Ramjee, a relative of the Raghavjee family, said they had met Prakash Dewani in King William’s Town, “but not (Shrien). His parents were here.”
Chitwa Chitwa owner Maria Brink declined to discuss details of the lodge’s clients.
But guests who met the Dewanis at the lodge described Anni as “a very fragile girl, very delicate”.
One said the 28-year-old part-time model from Sweden declined to go on a game drive because her feet were swollen after the flight from London.
The Dewanis, who held a gala wedding ceremony in Mumbai on October 29, struck guests and staff at the lodge as “a very sweet couple who looked very happy together”.
Briton Angela Bartlett was quoted in UK newspapers as saying Anni did not have the right clothes for a game reserve visit. Anni told her she had learnt at the last minute from her mother-in-law that she was going on honeymoon to SA.
A photograph taken with Bartlett’s camera shows the couple laughing and smiling with half a dozen other guests around a dinner table romantically lit with paraffin lamps.
Chitwa house, an exclusive retreat with two suites sleeping four guests, costs R35000 a night during high season.
From Chitwa Chitwa, the couple went to Cape Town International Airport on November 12 where Dewani hired chauffeur Tonga to take them to the Cape Grace Hotel.
Within minutes Tongo claims Dewani was asking for a hitman.
Tonga claimed in court that, within minutes of arriving at the hotel, Dewani asked him to arrange Comment: Shrien Dewani when asked by police for the taxi registration number said he had to phone his family in London for it...(although I find this odd, why would Dewani think to take the reg.no of the taxi ? I know I would not have done this ...so something not quite right there).... The taxi may have been booked from London possibly through a travel agency. This leaves an option and god forbid what I am thinking , the hit was pre arranged in London.
The next day, he drove them to Guguletu, where two men staged a fake hijacking – releasing Tongo and Dewani unharmed – and shot Anni dead.
SA has launched extradition proceedings against Dewani, who returned to the UK three days after the murder.
He has repeatedly proclaimed his innocence – with questions even arising this week over his sexuality – and accused Tongo of lying to save his own skin.
The murder case, which has gripped South Africa and Britain, is taking dramatic twists and turns.
Dewani left Wandsworth Prison in London at 5.30pm on Friday afternoon, after being granted bail of R2.7-million, in a black BMW X5, which swept him through the iron gates at his home in Bristol, southwestern England.
But, within hours of his arrival, new developments unfolded, including details of the case being built by police in SA, as well as possible links to another 2007 hijacking and murder case in the country.
Early yesterday morning, lights could be seen on in the Dewani house in the Bristol suburb of Westbury-on-Trym, where a large group of photographers and TV crews continue to camp.
Photographers also kept vigil at the local police station where Dewani must report every day until his extradition hearing in a London court on January 20.
The Hindu temple in Bristol’s Redfield suburb, on the other side of town, where Dewani is a regular worshipper, stood empty yesterday morning.
Taxi driver Zola Tongo on Tuesday implicated Dewani in Anni’s murder. Comment : The woman he claimed to love and searched the World for, yet he had no interest in getting the bastards who killed her. I know my husband would have stayed in SA and tried to rip them from limb to limb.
Shrien said on the night of the killing they were cuddled together in the back of the taxi looking at the Safari photographs from their trip. It was late, so it would have been dark, would they have been looking at photographs at this point? Where are these photographs ? or was Anni so unhappy no photographs were taken, if so clever way for Shreni to imply they were stolen. Had they been hijacked while looking at pictures they would have been strewn all over the floor in the taxi...no reports of photographs having been found. Comment: Alvita Raghavjee works for a travel agency. Alvita just happens to be a very good friend of Shrien.
Saturday, April 2, 2011
The Star reported on the FUND and Dewani connections before it was closed....
HONEYMOON murder suspect Shrien Dewani is being investigated over links to a second killing.
Police in South Africa probing wife Anni’s death are looking at a possible connection between Dewani and the murder of a doctor in the country.
It follows claims from the taxi driver in Anni’s case that Dewani had confessed to arranging another murder in a fake hijacking in South Africa.
Dr Pox Raghavjee, 60, was shot dead in the Eastern Cape in November 2007 on his way to work.
Reports in South Africa claimed the doctor’s widow Heather drove to Cape Town to comfort Dewani after Anni was killed last month.
National Commissioner General Bheki Cele said yesterday that a link was being investigated.
Dewani’s spokesman Max Clifford, 67, said the link was “ridiculous”.
He added: “Heather Raghavjee flew from King William’s Town in South Africa to Cape Town to try to comfort the family at the request of her daughter-in-law Alvita, who lives in the Bristol area and knew the Dewani family.
“She had never met Shrien before in her life. But she experienced what he experienced when her husband, Dr Pox Raghavjee, was shot dead in a car-jacking three years earlier.”
Meanwhile, we can reveal that funds being raised in Anni’s name by Dewani’s family are going to a group linked with extremist violence.
Meanwhile, we can reveal that funds being raised in Anni’s name by Dewani’s family are going to a group linked with extremist violence.
Following a plea by his relatives, well-wishers have donated more than £9,000 in memory of Anni through a JustGiving fund-raising page.
On the face of it, the cash is going to a Hindu welfare centre called the Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram (VKA) in Maharashta, west India.
But we can reveal the organisation behind the centre has been mired in claims of paramilitary violence against other religions in India.
One report into extremism in the country said: “Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram…has been responsible for considerable violence and hatred against Christian and Muslim groups, including during the Gujarat carnage in 2002.”
A website for the centre has links to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) group, which has been accused of organising anti-Christian riots and branded a terror outfit. Last night no one from VKA or RSS was available to comment.
Care homes boss Dewani, 30, who is suspected by police of conspiring to have wife Anni, 28, murdered during a fake hijacking of their taxi, was once general secretary of the National Hindu Students Forum UK.
In 2004 he denied claims the organisation was radical.
He said: “We are not extreme and refute any allegations – direct or indirect – that infer that we are.”
Yesterday the police said they were continuing the process of trying to get Dewani extradited to South Africa.
On Friday he was granted bail, having spent two nights in a London jail. But he must wear a tag and live at his parents’ house after paying a £250,000 surety.
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/view/167085/South-Africa-carjack-murder-Shrien-Dewani-denies-link-to-2nd-murder-riddle/South-Africa-carjack-murder-Shrien-Dewani-denies-link-to-2nd-murder-riddleSouth-Africa-carjack-murder-Shrien-Dewani-denies-link-to-2nd-murder-riddleSouth-Africa-carjack-murder-Shrien-Dewani-denies-link-to-2nd-murder-riddleSouth-Africa-carjack-murder-Shrien-Dewani-denies-link-to-2nd-murder-riddleSouth-Africa-carjack-murder-Shrien-Dewani-denies-link-to-2nd-murder-riddle
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