Dewani had erection problems, court told

101210 Cousin, Sneha Hindocha, right, and aunt, Saroj Karin of Anni Dewani, arrive at the City of Westminster Magistrates Court in London Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2010. A British man has been arrested at the request of South African authorities for allegedly arranging the killing of his wife during their honeymoon, police said Wednesday. Scotland Yard said Shrien Dewani, 30, was detained overnight after turning himself in at a Bristol police station. The arrest comes after a South African man convicted in Anni Dewani's murder accused her husband of paying to have the 28-year-old Swedish woman killed in what was staged to look like a carjacking on Nov. 13. Shrien Dewani has denied any role in her death. (AP Photo/Sang Tan) (AP Photo/Sang Tan)

101210 Cousin, Sneha Hindocha, right, and aunt, Saroj Karin of Anni Dewani, arrive at the City of Westminster Magistrates Court in London Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2010. A British man has been arrested at the request of South African authorities for allegedly arranging the killing of his wife during their honeymoon, police said Wednesday. Scotland Yard said Shrien Dewani, 30, was detained overnight after turning himself in at a Bristol police station. The arrest comes after a South African man convicted in Anni Dewani's murder accused her husband of paying to have the 28-year-old Swedish woman killed in what was staged to look like a carjacking on Nov. 13. Shrien Dewani has denied any role in her death. (AP Photo/Sang Tan) (AP Photo/Sang Tan)

Published Oct 21, 2014

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Cape Town - Honeymoon murder accused Shrien Dewani had erection problems, the Western Cape High Court heard on Tuesday morning.

This, according State witness Sneha Mashru, affected his sex life with his new wife, Anni Hindocha, whose murder Dewani stands accused of.

Mashru, who was Anni's cousin and confidante, is under cross examination by the defence.

In her evidence-in-chief on Monday, she told the court that Anni was unhappy and wanted to divorce Shrien.

But defence advocate Francois van Zyl SC put it to her that, looking at the relationship from Dewani's perspective, Anni was happy, wanted to have his chidren and even sent his mother an SMS to say that she was having a “great time” on honeymoon in South Africa.

In addition, the fact that Anni spoke to a doctor in Bristol in the UK about falling pregnant quickly, flew in the face of what Mashru had testified.

Mashru, however, was adamant that her cousin was unhappy.

She said Anni had told her during the three-day wedding process in India that she and Dewani had agreed to pretend that they were happy.

She added that she knew that Dewani suffered from erectile dysfunction, which affected the couple's sex life.

In addition, Anni took very strong acne medication and was advised that she should take a double dose of contraception because it was dangerous to fall pregnant while on the medication.

The trial continues.

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