London - The full extradition hearing for Britain-based Shrien Dewani, accused of the honeymoon murder of his wife Anni in South Africa, is due to begin on Monday, the British Press Association reported.
Dewani, 33, is accused of orchestrating the death of his 28-year-old wife, who was shot as the couple travelled in a taxi in Cape Town in November 2010.
He has been receiving treatment for mental health problems at a hospital in Bristol, but there have been fluctuations in his condition.
In April, prosecutors said that his post-traumatic stress disorder and depression had “improved significantly”.
But then in May, the Westminster Magistrate’s Court was told he had suffered a relapse after being taken off medication to which he’d had a bad reaction.
Anni Dewani was shot when a taxi in which the couple were travelling was hijacked in Gugulethu.
In 2012, Xolile Mngeni was convicted of premeditated murder for shooting her.
Prosecutors claimed that Mngeni was a hitman hired by Dewani to kill his wife, something that Dewani has consistently denied.
A five-day extradition hearing is due to start on Monday at the Westminster Magistrate’s Court.
Dewani and the driver, Zola Tongo, were ejected from the car before Anni was driven away and killed. She was found dead in the back of the abandoned vehicle with a bullet wound to her neck.
Tongo was jailed for 18 years after he admitted his part in the crime. This came after he claimed in a plea agreement that Dewani ordered the hijacking and paid for a hit on his wife.
Another accomplice, Mziwamadoda Qwabe, also pleaded guilty to charges over the murder and was handed a 25-year prison sentence.
Both Tongo and Qwabe claimed Dewani wanted it to appear as if he had nothing to do with his wife's murder. - Sapa