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SOUTH AFRICA: Anni Dewani's Honeymoon Murderer Xolile Mngeni Dies In Jail
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Prosecutors in Africa claim British businessman Dewani hired Xolile Mngeni to kill his wife in a staged hijacking.
One of the men convicted of killing newlywed Dewani has died in a prison in Cape Town, a South African official has confirmed.
Xolile Mngeni, who was branded "merciless and evil" by a judge during his sentencing, was jailed for life for shooting Dewani while she was on honeymoon in Town in 2010.
The 27-year-old had been diagnosed with a rare brain tumour while awaiting trial four years ago and had surgery to remove it.
The court had heard he would probably have only two to five years to live if the tumour returned.
Mngeni's death comes 12 days after British businessman Shrien Dewani went on trial in Africa accused of murdering his wife.
The 34-year-old denies plotting to kill Dewani on their luxury getaway to Town in November 2010, as they took a taxi ride through a township.
The care home owner, from Weston-on-Trym near Bristol, is accused of paying three men to kill his Swedish-born wife, days after their lavish £200,000 wedding in Mumbai.
Dewani said he and his wife were kidnapped at gunpoint as they drove through Gugulethu in Cape Town in a taxi. He was released unharmed, but Dewani's body was found in the abandoned car the next day. She had been shot.
He denies the five charges against him, which include murder and conspiracy to commit kidnapping.
Mngeni was convicted of shooting Dewani, while taxi driver Tongo and Mziwamadoda Qwabe are also serving jail terms in connection with the murder.
Reports suggest prosecutors in 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 was found guilty at the Western Cape High Court in 2012 of premeditated murder.
He was also convicted of robbery with aggravating circumstances and illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition, but acquitted of Dewani's kidnapping.
During sentencing, Henney said Mngeni deserved the maximum punishment for killing Mrs Dewani.
He said: "He had no regard to her right to freedom, dignity, and totally disregarded and showed no respect to her right to life by brutally killing her with utter disdain."
Source: Sky News
One of the men convicted of killing newlywed Dewani has died in a prison in Cape Town, a South African official has confirmed.
Xolile Mngeni, who was branded "merciless and evil" by a judge during his sentencing, was jailed for life for shooting Dewani while she was on honeymoon in Town in 2010.
The 27-year-old had been diagnosed with a rare brain tumour while awaiting trial four years ago and had surgery to remove it.
The court had heard he would probably have only two to five years to live if the tumour returned.
Mngeni's death comes 12 days after British businessman Shrien Dewani went on trial in Africa accused of murdering his wife.
The 34-year-old denies plotting to kill Dewani on their luxury getaway to Town in November 2010, as they took a taxi ride through a township.
The care home owner, from Weston-on-Trym near Bristol, is accused of paying three men to kill his Swedish-born wife, days after their lavish £200,000 wedding in Mumbai.
Dewani said he and his wife were kidnapped at gunpoint as they drove through Gugulethu in Cape Town in a taxi. He was released unharmed, but Dewani's body was found in the abandoned car the next day. She had been shot.
He denies the five charges against him, which include murder and conspiracy to commit kidnapping.
Mngeni was convicted of shooting Dewani, while taxi driver Tongo and Mziwamadoda Qwabe are also serving jail terms in connection with the murder.
Reports suggest prosecutors in 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 was found guilty at the Western Cape High Court in 2012 of premeditated murder.
He was also convicted of robbery with aggravating circumstances and illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition, but acquitted of Dewani's kidnapping.
During sentencing, Henney said Mngeni deserved the maximum punishment for killing Mrs Dewani.
He said: "He had no regard to her right to freedom, dignity, and totally disregarded and showed no respect to her right to life by brutally killing her with utter disdain."
Source: Sky News
