The pair had been married for two weeks when the hijacking happened The husband of a woman who was murdered on their honeymoon in South Africa has been granted bail by the High Court.
Shrien Dewani, 30, from Bristol, was arrested on suspicion of conspiring to murder his wife Anni. South African authorities had opposed bail.
Mrs Dewani, 28, from Sweden, was shot after being kidnapped in a taxi in Cape Town with her husband last month.
High Court judge Mr Justice Ouseley has now granted him bail at a hearing in London.
Mr Dewani, a care home owner from Westbury-on-Trym, denies any involvement in the murder of his wife.
He was being held at Wandsworth Prison in London and is now due to be released on £250,000 bail.
On Wednesday the City of Westminster Magistrates’ Court had agreed bail on condition that he pay a £250,000 surety and wear an electronic tag.
Mr Dewani told that court he did not consent to being extradited.
Counsel for the South African government, Ben Watson, told the court “significant new evidence” against Mr Dewani had come to light.
Mr Justice Ouseley ruled there was “strong support” for the submission that “Dewani genuinely hopes that the investigation will clear him”, and would not flee.
He said: “I have concluded that he has a continuing and realistic interest in making sure that he clears his name.
“He has no criminal convictions, is professionally qualified and his family is of high standing in the local community in Bristol, with no obvious interest in helping him to abscond.”
He said because of the “tragic and terrible murder of his wife”, Mr Dewani’s face is well known and it would be difficult for him to leave the UK or ‘go underground’.
Lawyers for the South African authorities had argued that if Mr Dewani was permitted bail there were substantial grounds for suspecting he would not surrender for an extradition hearing.
The South African authorities want to question Mr Dewani after taxi driver Zola Tongo told Western Cape High Court he was offered 15,000 rand (£1,400) by Mr Dewani to kill his wife.
The couple’s taxi was hijacked on 13 November in Cape Town as the pair were travelling through the tough Gugulethu township.
Ms Dewani’s expensive wristwatch, a white-gold and diamond bracelet, her handbag and her mobile phone were stolen. Mr Dewani was released unharmed.
On Tuesday, 31-year-old Tongo, from Bothasig, was sentenced to 18 years’ jail for murder, kidnapping, robbery with aggravating circumstances and perverting the course of justice.
Xolile Mnguni, 23, and Mziwamadoda Qwabe, 25, who are charged with murder, kidnapping and robbery with aggravating circumstances, will appear before Wynberg Regional Court on 25 February.
A full trial at Western Cape High Court is due to begin at a later date.
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