London, June 30(ANI): A bid to ease restrictions on the movements of Shrien Dewani, the Brit-Indian millionaire who has been charged with masterminding his wife's murder during their honeymoon in South Africa last year, has been rejected amid fears that he could flee abroad.
According to the Telegraph, City of Westminster Magistrates Court in London was told that there was a "real risk" that Dewani could abscond unless moves to relax his bail conditions "bit by bit" were halted.e was sectioned under the Mental Health Act earlier this year and is currently staying at Fromeside, a medium secure unit in Bristol.
Dewani's lawyer Clare Montgomery had urged the court to ease his bail conditions allowing him to visit his family unescorted.
She insisted that he was "profoundly" ill and had no intention of absconding because he was determined to clear his name.
However, rejecting the application, the district judge said: "There is bound to be a real fear of extradition to South Africa and that may provide, perhaps in moments of weakness, a real incentive to abscond."
Dewani's 28-year-old wife, Anni, was shot dead after gunmen hijacked the couple's taxi while they were on their honeymoon in Cape Town in November last year.
South African police claim that the 31-year-old paid the men to kill Anni during the staged hijacking.
Taxi driver Zola Tongo claimed in a plea bargain that Dewani offered him cash to arrange the hitmen.
Dewani and Tongo were ejected from the cab and Dewani was driven off and killed.
Dewani denies any wrongdoing and is fighting extradition. (ANI)
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