Husband accused of hiring hitman gets bail

A BRITISH court granted bail yesterday to a newlywed accused of hiring a man to kill his bride during their honeymoon in South Africa.

British businessman Shrien Dewani is accused of arranging the murder of his wife, 28-year-old Anni, in Cape Town. The woman was found dead in the back of an abandoned taxi with a bullet wound in her neck on November 13.

Authorities in South Africa want the 30-year -old British citizen extradited for a trial there, and objected to a lower British court’s decision to grant Dewani bail — provided he wears an electronic tag and observes a curfew.