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.

Husband accused of hiring hitman gets bail

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.

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