Shrien Dewani, the British businessman wanted in South Africa over the murder of his newlywed bride on their honeymoon, was granted bail at the High Court in London on Friday.
Anni, 28, from Sweden, was honeymooning in Cape Town when she and her husband, Shrien Dewani, were hijacked in a taxi on Saturday, November 13.
Dewani claimed the hijackers forced him and the driver out of the vehicle. Anni's body was found in the abandoned vehicle the next day. She had been shot.
He was arrested in London on November 7 and appeared in the City of Westminster Magistrate's Court in connection with the death of his wife.
The arrest came hours after the Cape High Court heard it cost Dewani R15 000 to have his new bride killed. Cape Town shuttle driver Zola Tongo, 31, was jailed for an effective 18 years on Tuesday for his role in the plot, following a plea bargain with the State.
Tongo was convicted of murder, kidnapping, robbery with aggravating circumstances and perverting the course of justice.
Two other people, Xolile Mnguni, 23, and Mziwamadoda Qwabe, 25, face charges of murder, aggravated robbery and kidnapping. They were expected to appear in court in February next year. South Africa wants to extradite 30-year-old Shrien Dewani on suspicion of paying to have his bride Anni killed in a carjacking during their honeymoon in Cape Town.
Lawyers for the South African authorities had argued that there were substantial grounds for suspecting Dewani would not surrender for an extradition hearing later this month were he allowed bail.
But High Court judge Duncan Ouseley disagreed and allowed his application.
Dewani strongly denies any involvement in the murder and told the earlier court hearing in London that he did not agree to the extradition. - Sapa- AFP