Cape Town - The death of Xolile Mngeni, one of the men convicted in the murder of newlywed Anni Hindocha in 2010, will not affect the State’s case against British businessman Shrien Dewani, says National Prosecuting Authority spokesman Nathi Mncube.
Mngeni had a brain tumour and died in the Goodwood prison on Saturday.
He was sentenced in December 2012 to life in prison for murdering and robbing Hindocha.
Mngeni was denied medical parole earlier this year because Minister of Correctional Services Michael Masutha believed he might not receive the care he needed.
Dewani is to appear in the Western Cape High Court on Monday.
He is accused of orchestrating the murder of his wife in what is alleged to have been a simulated hijacking on the night of November 13, 2010.
“Mngeni’s death will not have any impact on the trial,” Mncube said on Sunday, adding it was unlikely that he would have been called as a State witness.
Mngeni was fingered by his accomplice, Mziwamadoda Qwabe, as the man who killed Hindocha.
Qwabe and Zola Tongo, the taxi driver who took Dewani and Hindocha around in Cape Town, are also serving jail terms for their roles in the murder.
Cape Times