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Insufficient evidence to convict Shrien Dewani

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Justice Traverso recounted the testimony of the State witnesses. She said that the State’s witnesses had contradicted one another

Jeanette Traverso said there was insufficient evidence to convict businessman Shrien Dewani .

Shrien Dewani was accused of planning a hit on his wife Anni in Cape Town four years ago.

Traverso ruled that it would be irresponsible to continue with the trial.

Anni Dewani was killed in an alleged hijacking in Gugulethu while on honeymoon.

Xolile Mngeni, who was found to have pulled the trigger in the Anni Dewani murder, died in the Goodwood Correctional Centre in Cape Town after being diagnosed with a brain tumour.

Two men responsible for Anni Dewani’s murder have already been behind bars for a number of years .

Dewani’s trial and tribulation, by sabcnewsonline

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