Wednesday, March 30, 2011
We need closure...Annis dad.
Murdered honeymoon bride Anni Dewani’s family plans to be present in a London court when her widower, suspected of masterminding her killing, hears whether he will be extradited to South Africa to stand trial.
A formal extradition hearing of Shrien Dewani is expected in a London court from May 3 to 5.
South African authorities are trying to get Dewani, now in a British psychiatric clinic after a suicide attempt two months ago, to return to South Africa so he can appear in a Cape Town court for his wife’s November 13 murder in Khayelitsha.
On Tuesday, Anni’s father, Vinod Hindocha, said he, his wife, Nilam, and the rest of their family planned to go to London so that they could be present for the extradition hearing.
“My whole family wants to be there,” he said in a telephone interview from his family’s home in Sweden.
The two alleged hit men in the case, Xolile Mngeni and Mziwamadoda Qwabe, were expected to appear in the Wynberg Magistrate’s Court on June 1.
If Dewani was ordered to return to South Africa during his May extradition hearing, he would have to appear in the court with Mngeni and Qwabe.
Hindocha said if this happened, he would come to Cape Town for the trial.
If Dewani was not extradited, Hindocha said, he would have to think about whether he would come to Cape Town for Mngeni’s and Qwabe’s court appearance. “This is a real torture for us. We just need closure. We’re coping and getting along, but we need closure so we can get on with our lives.”
Earlier this month, Hindocha and his wife retraced their daughter’s last journey in Cape Town where she and Dewani had come as part of their honeymoon.
They had gone to the spot in Khayelitsha where Anni’s body, with a bullet to the neck, was discovered on the back seat of a car.
The Hindochas held a ceremony at the spot to say goodbye to their daughter.
“That was a very touching thing for us. It took a lot of courage for my wife to go there,” Hindocha said.
He said he was thinking of erecting a statue or permanent memorial near the spot where his daughter’s body was found.
He had not spoken to Dewani or any of Dewani’s relatives since soon after Anni’s murder.
On Tuesday, Dewani’s British spokesman, Max Clifford, said his client was doing well in The Priory, a psychiatric clinic in Bristol. A court had ordered that Dewani be admitted after he had tried to commit suicide in his home while out on bail.
“(His) family are glad he’s being looked after. They know he’s going through a terrible time,” Clifford said. - Cape Times
caryn.dolley@inl.co.za
http://www.thestar.co.za/we-need-closure-anni-s-dad-1.1049252
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Preyen Dewani: Rolls Royce of care centres
http://www.thisisnorthdevon.co.uk/news/7m-care-village-Hatherleigh-hold-open-day/article-502924-detail/article.html
September 2005 Topix - Ghana
september 2005 latest news, videos, analysis and opinions. ... TAHER Shrien Dewani, British or Swedish, spicejet, Rani Kansagra, Britain, Prakash Dewani, ...
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Preyen Dewan: Hindu ceremony..
A FAMILY of businessmen performed a special ceremony on Monday to seek the earth's blessing for a new £10m care home in Monmouth.
Preyen Dewani has been running PSP Healthcare Ltd with his father, Prakash and brother, Shrien, for the past two years, and will run the new facility at Gibraltar House once it has been built.
As a Hindu family, they decided to conduct the traditional ceremony, which was led by Brahmin Priest, Raju bhai Mehta.
They invited local councillors, the town mayor and residents living in the current Gibraltar House which will be knocked down when the new one is available.
Mr Preyen Dewani said: "Bhoomi Pooja means Earth Prayer'. In Hindu culture you do it before you start constructing anything, because you have to ask the earth for its blessing.
"The first part of the process is to invite Ganesh to the ceremony, because he is the god that will remove any obstacle and clear the path for a hassle-free construction."
There were many other stages to the ceremony and the family chanted mantras and also made offerings of seeds and flowers.
Mr Dewani added: "Hinduism is very important to us, so we thought it would be nice to do the ceremony.
"We've been looking forward to the ceremony and the residents have been excited about seeing it too."
Now the foundation ceremony has taken place, building work on the new care home and accompanying close care village for the over 55s will get under way. If all goes to plan, the village should be complete in July 2009 and will have a range of facilities, including a sensory garden, a hydrotherapy pool, a cinema and internet cafe.
http://www.freepressseries.co.uk/news/1766337.hindu_ceremony_blesses_stone/?act=login
Preyen Dewani has been running PSP Healthcare Ltd with his father, Prakash and brother, Shrien, for the past two years, and will run the new facility at Gibraltar House once it has been built.
As a Hindu family, they decided to conduct the traditional ceremony, which was led by Brahmin Priest, Raju bhai Mehta.
They invited local councillors, the town mayor and residents living in the current Gibraltar House which will be knocked down when the new one is available.
Mr Preyen Dewani said: "Bhoomi Pooja means Earth Prayer'. In Hindu culture you do it before you start constructing anything, because you have to ask the earth for its blessing.
"The first part of the process is to invite Ganesh to the ceremony, because he is the god that will remove any obstacle and clear the path for a hassle-free construction."
There were many other stages to the ceremony and the family chanted mantras and also made offerings of seeds and flowers.
Mr Dewani added: "Hinduism is very important to us, so we thought it would be nice to do the ceremony.
"We've been looking forward to the ceremony and the residents have been excited about seeing it too."
Now the foundation ceremony has taken place, building work on the new care home and accompanying close care village for the over 55s will get under way. If all goes to plan, the village should be complete in July 2009 and will have a range of facilities, including a sensory garden, a hydrotherapy pool, a cinema and internet cafe.
http://www.freepressseries.co.uk/news/1766337.hindu_ceremony_blesses_stone/?act=login
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