UK court grants bail to honeymoon-murder Dewani

Fri, 25 February 2011

15:05

NRI businessman Shrien Dewani, accused of hiring a hitman to murder his Indo-Swedish wife Anni on their honeymoon in South Africa, has been granted bail by a UK court after his father insisted his son would go on to prove his innocence.

Dewani (31) appeared in Woolwich Crown Court, south London yesterday after allegedly taking a massive drugs overdose in a bid to kill himself.

The South African authorities, who want to try him for the murder of 28-year-old Anni last year, called for his bail to be revoked and for him to be remanded in custody.

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