Anni Dewani's father lashes SA over claim that honeymoon killer Zola Tongo is heading for freedom

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Slain Swedish bride Anni Dewani’s family has slammed the SA justice system after reports that one of her killers could be released from jail at the end of the month

Anni Dewani's killer, Zola Tongo, during his sentencing in the high court in Cape Town in 2010.Slain Swedish bride Anni Dewani’s family has slammed SA's justice system after reports that one of her killers could be released from jail at the end of the month.

Anni’s body was found with a bullet wound to the neck in Tongo’s abandoned car in Khayelitsha on the morning of November 14 2010. Tongo confessed that Dewani gave him R15,000 to find hitmen to kill Anni. Dewani was extradited and stood trial in the high court in Cape Town but was discharged because of a lack of evidence.Anni’s father, Vinod Hindocha, told TimesLIVE this week that his family’s emotional wounds were reopened by an e-mail on Monday from their legal representative in Cape Town, advocate Jared Naidoo, informing them that a “decision was made to grant Mr Tongo parole”.

Naidoo's e-mail reads: “On Friday evening [6 July 2020], I received a call from Malmesbury prison, from one of the members of the parole committee who sat in our hearing last year.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

 

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