Honeymoon murder accused ‘fit to stand trial’

Honeymoon murder accused Shrien Dewani has been found fit to stand trial for his wife’s murder, a move her sister hailed as "a huge step in the right direction".

A mental health panel in South Africa unanimously decided the 34-year-old businessman, from Bristol, is not mentally ill and should be tried in October for Anni Dewani’s murder in Cape Town.

Her sister Ami Denborg said: “It’s a relief for all of us. We’ve been waiting quite a long time for this. I know this autumn is going to be tough for us but we still want the trial to start so that we can get the information we need, we can get to know what really happened.