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Court hears that Dewani agreed to pay for Anni’s murder
British businessman Shrien Dewani agreed to pay 15,000 rand ($1,340) to have his wife killed on their honeymoon in South Africa, a witness told a court on Wednesday, saying he had been asked to make the murder look like a hijacking.
By Wendell Roelf
Qwabe, who is the state's second witness, said he commandeered the car in which the Dewanis were travelling. Police later found Anni Dewani's body in the back seat with a single gunshot wound to the neck.
Qwabe is serving 25 years for murder, kidnapping, robbery with aggravating circumstances and possession of an illegal gun after reaching a plea bargain with state lawyers.
Tongo is serving 18 years under a similar deal, while a third man, Xolile Mngeni, was tried and found guilty of shooting Anni Dewani and sentenced to life in prison.
He told the court on Monday he was bisexual, apparently a response to British media speculation that he engineered his wife's murder to escape a heterosexual relationship.