The family of murdered newlywed Anni Dewani say the decision to grant parole to the fixer behind her murder is one the country will regret. | YouMagazine
Shrien and Annie Dewani were the picture-perfect couple until her murder in 2010.
Businessman Ashok is talking to us from his office in Mariestad, Sweden. The country is slowly waking from the grip of winter but even though spring has arrived life remains cold and bleak for the Hindochas. They were plunged into permanent darkness the day Anni was murdered in Cape Town in November 2010.
Shrien’s case was eventually thrown out of court after Judge Jeanette Traverso said the evidence presented by the prosecution fell “far below the threshold” of what a reasonable court could convict on. Mngeni, Qwabe and Tongo were all convicted of murder. Mngeni was sentenced to life in prison in 2012 and died two years later of a brain tumour. Qwabe is serving a 25-year sentence behind bars.
“I asked Tongo, ‘you said you regret your actions and take full responsibility, so why do you want to go out on parole then instead of serving the full 18 years?’ He told me, ‘I didn’t ask for this [parole]’. To us it was very annoying that despite him saying he didn’t ask for parole, they were going to give it to him anyway.”
“He wasn’t drunk or angry when he was offered the money, so what’s the point of ticking those boxes and granting him parole? He was sober when he did this, he could have said no and walked away, and we wouldn’t be in this mess.” In the decade since Anni’s death, Ashok’s brother, Vinod, has been a pillar of support in their quest for justice.
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