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| Anni Dewani murder accused husband's extradition 'may be kind' | Anni Dewani murder accused husband's extradition 'may be kind' |
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| Extraditing a honeymoon murder suspect to South Africa could be a "kind thing", a court has been told. | Extraditing a honeymoon murder suspect to South Africa could be a "kind thing", a court has been told. |
| Bristol businessman, Shrien Dewani, is facing extradition after being accused of plotting to kill his wife, Anni Dewani, in Cape Town in November 2010. | Bristol businessman, Shrien Dewani, is facing extradition after being accused of plotting to kill his wife, Anni Dewani, in Cape Town in November 2010. |
| Speaking of further extradition delays, psychiatrist Dr Ian Cumming said: "Actually, it may be a kind thing for him - to actually get on." | |
| Mr Dewani, who denies murder, has been excused from attending the hearing. | Mr Dewani, who denies murder, has been excused from attending the hearing. |
| Confidence in care | |
| He is currently receiving treatment for depression and post-traumatic stress disorder, at Blaise View mental health hospital near Bristol. | He is currently receiving treatment for depression and post-traumatic stress disorder, at Blaise View mental health hospital near Bristol. |
| Speaking at Westminster Magistrates' Court, Dr Cummings said: "It could be six months, then another six months, then on and on. | |
| "It could make things worse and could be better to get on with it." | |
| Dr Cummings told the court he had visited South Africa in March. | |
| He said he felt reassured that Mr Dewani would be admitted to a general ward at Valkenberg Hospital in Cape Town and not to a unit where people are sent by the courts. | |
| He added: "The receiving hospital there will prepare themselves very well. There will be exchange of information and reports and a handover. | |
| "It is likely a nurse will accompany him from the UK to South Africa. I think they would make it as robust as possible. | |
| "They would not stop whatever medication he is on - that would be bad practice and they would not do that." | |
| Taxi hijacking | |
| In 2011, Dewani tried to take an overdose. | |
| His lawyers argued he would be a high suicide risk if he returned to the country and his human rights would be breached due to the risk of being sexually or physically attacked in jail. | |
| Newly-wed Mrs Dewani was shot when a taxi in which the couple were travelling in was hijacked in the Gugulethu township. | |
| Mr Dewani and driver Zola Tongo were ejected from the car before Mrs Dewani was driven away and killed. | |
| Last year South African Xolile Mngeni was convicted of premeditated murder for shooting Mrs Dewani. | |
| Prosecutors claimed that he was a hitman hired by Mr Dewani to kill his new wife, something that Mr Dewani has consistently denied. | |
| Tongo was jailed for 18 years after he admitted his part in the crime, and another accomplice, Mziwamadoda Qwabe, also pleaded guilty to charges over the murder and was handed a 25-year prison sentence. |