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| Anni Dewani murderer dies in South African prison | Anni Dewani murderer dies in South African prison |
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| A man jailed for shooting dead Anni Dewani in 2010 has died in prison, South Africa's correctional services department has said. | |
| Xolile Mngeni, who was convicted of killing Mrs Dewani while she was on her honeymoon, had been serving a life sentence for her murder. | |
| In 2012, a South African judge said Mngeni was an "evil person" who had fired the shot that killed Mrs Dewani. | |
| He died in the hospital section of Cape Town prison, officials said. | |
| South Africa's correctional services department has said it will make a full statement about his death on Sunday. | |
| No witness call | |
| The death of Mngeni comes 12 days after the start of the trial of Bristol businessman Shrien Dewani, 34, who is accused of arranging his wife's murder. | |
| Mr Dewani, who faces five charges including murder and lying about the circumstances of his wife's death, denies any involvement in the killing, which happened in the Gugulethu area of Cape Town. | |
| Reports suggest prosecutors in South Africa had spoken to Mngeni but had not planned to call him as a witness in the trial because of the poor state of his health. | |
| Mngeni, 27, was known to have had a rare brain tumour removed in 2011. |