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Man found guilty in honeymoon slaying
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November 20, 2012, Tuesday
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A South African accused of being the triggerman in the 2010 honeymoon slaying of a Swedish bride was found guilty yesterday, ending his long-delayed trial as the woman's husband continues to fight extradition over the killing.
Judge Robert Henney gave his verdict yesterday in the trial of Xolile Mngeni, charged with killing 28-year-old Anni Dewani. Prosecutors say Mngeni was hired by Dewani's British husband to carry out the November 2010 killing, which was made to look like a carjacking.
Mngeni, who had surgery in June 2011 to remove a brain tumor, has suffered seizures and blackouts and has trouble remembering things, his lawyer has said. His poor health has slowed his trial and he appeared skinnier than he had at previous hearings yesterday, wearing a white button-up shirt with blue flowers on it. Mngeni needed a walker to make his way into court in Cape Town.
In his ruling, Henney dismissed claims by his lawyer that his client had been set up for the killing. Henney found Mngeni guilty of murder and robbery charges, while acquitting him of kidnapping charges.
In August, Mngeni's alleged accomplice Mziwamadoda Qwabe pleaded guilty to charges over the killing, receiving a 25-year prison sentence. Zola Tongo, the taxi driver that police say husband Shrien Dewani asked to plot the killing, earlier pleaded guilty to charges over the slaying and received an 18-year prison sentence. Both Tongo and Qwabe have said Dewani wanted it to look like he wasn't involved in his wife's slaying and they planned to have the attack look like a carjacking in Cape Town's impoverished Gugulethu township.
Shrien Dewani has denied he hired anyone to kill his wife and was allowed by authorities to leave South Africa for the United Kingdom, where he was later arrested. In March, a UK High Court ruled that it would be "unjust and oppressive" to extradite Dewani to South Africa, as his mental condition had worsened since his arrest there.
Judge Robert Henney gave his verdict yesterday in the trial of Xolile Mngeni, charged with killing 28-year-old Anni Dewani. Prosecutors say Mngeni was hired by Dewani's British husband to carry out the November 2010 killing, which was made to look like a carjacking.
Mngeni, who had surgery in June 2011 to remove a brain tumor, has suffered seizures and blackouts and has trouble remembering things, his lawyer has said. His poor health has slowed his trial and he appeared skinnier than he had at previous hearings yesterday, wearing a white button-up shirt with blue flowers on it. Mngeni needed a walker to make his way into court in Cape Town.
In his ruling, Henney dismissed claims by his lawyer that his client had been set up for the killing. Henney found Mngeni guilty of murder and robbery charges, while acquitting him of kidnapping charges.
In August, Mngeni's alleged accomplice Mziwamadoda Qwabe pleaded guilty to charges over the killing, receiving a 25-year prison sentence. Zola Tongo, the taxi driver that police say husband Shrien Dewani asked to plot the killing, earlier pleaded guilty to charges over the slaying and received an 18-year prison sentence. Both Tongo and Qwabe have said Dewani wanted it to look like he wasn't involved in his wife's slaying and they planned to have the attack look like a carjacking in Cape Town's impoverished Gugulethu township.
Shrien Dewani has denied he hired anyone to kill his wife and was allowed by authorities to leave South Africa for the United Kingdom, where he was later arrested. In March, a UK High Court ruled that it would be "unjust and oppressive" to extradite Dewani to South Africa, as his mental condition had worsened since his arrest there.
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