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Fri, 07/22/2011 - 21:49
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Dewani's extradition ruling next month

DEWANI
 Dewani's extradition ruling next month
   London, Jul 22 (PTI) A British court will decide next
 month whether to extradite Shrien Dewani, an NRI businessman
 accused of paying for the murder of his Indo-Swedish wife
 during their honeymoon in South Africa.
   A hearing into his extradition finished yesterday at
 Belmarsh Magistrates Court here, with the family of Anni
 Dewani begging for justice.
   The court was told about the mental health of
 Bristol-based businessman Dewani who denies the accusations
 against him.
   Dewani's legal team said he was suffering
 post-traumatic stress disorder and argued he was too unwell to
 be extradited.
   But the lawyer representing the South African
 authorities rejected those fears.
   A ruling from Judge Howard Riddle is expected on 10
 August on whether he is fit to stand trial in South Africa,
 BBC reported.
   Authorities who are seeking his extradition allege
 that Dewani, 31, arranged the killing of his bride Anni in a
 car-jacking in Cape Town in November last year.
   Taxi driver Zola Tongo, who has admitted his part in
 the murder of Anni, claimed in a plea agreement with
 prosecutors that Dewani ordered the car-jacking.
   After the four-day hearing, Anni's father Vinod
 Hindocha said he had "full faith in the British justice
 system". PTI NSA
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