Family defend murder accused groom

THE family of a wealthy British businessman accused of ordering the brutal killing of his new wife insisted yesterday they had “good relations” with the bride’s family.

Shrien Dewani, 30, is accused of hiring a hitman to murder Anni, 28, on their South African honeymoon. The young woman was found dead in the back of an abandoned taxi with a bullet wound to her neck last month.

Starting the fightback against the slurs levelled at Dewani, a close family member said he was speaking out to set the record straight.