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| Honeymoon murder: South African man |
| Honeymoon murder: South African man pleads guilty of killing Anni Dewani, gets 25 years in jail
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| SOUTH AFRICA
, 9-August-2012
0:17:15 AM |
| The South African man who drove a Swedish woman of Indian descent to her death after allegedly being hired by her British husband, also of Indian descent, to kill her on their honeymoon pleaded guilty on Wednesday to the slaying and received a 25-year prison sentence after offering chilling details about the killing.
Mziwamadoda Qwabe, 27, described in a statement how he wore yellow gloves to avoid leaving fingerprints on the November 2010 night he and alleged accomplice Xolile Mngeni kidnapped and killed Anni Dewani. Qwabe said he helped carry out the killing of the 28-year-old bride for only 15,000 rand (about $2,100), and said he knew her accompanying husband Shrien Dewani paid for the slaying and wanted her dead.
While Shrien Dewani fights extradition to South Africa and continues to deny he orchestrated the killing, Qwabe's testimony offers a second account implicating him in his wife's death
Judge John Hlophe of the Western Cape High Court accepted Qwabe's guilty plea on Wednesday on charges of kidnapping, robbery, murder and illegal possession of a firearm, sentencing him to 25 years in prison. Lawyers and prosecutors also met with Mngeni, who will return to court on Monday for the possible start of his trial over Dewani's killing, said Eric Ntabazalila, a spokesman for South Africa's National Prosecuting Authority.
Qwabe and Mngeni's trial has been postponed several times due to Mngeni's poor health. Mngeni had surgery to remove a brain
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