Anni Dewani inquest will not take place despite family plea over 'unanswered questions'
London coroner decides there is 'no sufficient cause' to resume inquest into death of murdered honeymooner after husband cleared in South Africa trial
Anni Dewani was shot dead in Cape Town while her husband, Shrien, was unharmed
11:34AM BST 09 Oct 2015
The family of murdered bride Anni Dewani might never publicly hear from her husband, who was acquitted of orchestrating the honeymoon killing, after a British coroner ruled an inquest will not be held.
Millionaire Bristol businessman Shrien Dewani was cleared last year over the death of his 28-year-old wife, who was shot as the couple drove through the outskirts of Cape Town, South Africa, in 2010.
He walked free before having to give evidence when the case collapsed and has never spoken publicly about what happened. Mrs Dewani's family argued there were still many unanswered questions about how she was killed and they asked for a full inquest to resume.
But a coroner announced on Friday there is no "sufficient cause to resume an inquest" as he warned that he could not reach a conclusion inconsistent with what the South African courts ruled.
Shrien Dewani was cleared of murdering his wife Photo: PA
Speaking at North London Coroner's Court, senior coroner Andrew Walker said: "I don't have sufficient cause to resume an inquest. In these proceedings, the matter will now rest."
Mr Walker said: "The fact that there are differing accounts of how Mrs Dewani came by her death does not, in my view, mean that the matters have not already been sufficiently established in public proceedings."
He added that if new evidence, beyond that which already exists, comes to light, it would be open to the family to write to the Attorney General and request that matters be reopened.
Mr Walker told the court that he was "prohibited" from reaching a conclusion which was inconsistent with the findings of the South African courts.
Shrien Dewani, pictured at a previous hearing, stood trial in South Africa Photo: GEOFF PUGH
Representing the family, Christopher Staker had submitted that "as a result of the proceedings in South Africa, in this case, more questions have been raised than have been answered".
He added: "The family's primary preference would be for an inquest to proceed now. The reason for that is that there is simply, as a result of what has happened in South Africa, no clear picture - in fact we have a contradictory picture - of what happened between the time that Anni's parents last spoke to her on the evening of 13 November 2010.
"On the morning of 14 November 2010, at 7.50am she was found dead in a car in Cape Town, with a bullet wound to the neck.
"The question that the family are desperately seeking an answer to is what happened between the time that her parents last spoke to her on the evening of the 13th, and the time that she was found dead the next morning in a car. And what circumstances led from one to the other."
Mr Dewani, 34, did not attend the hearing, but wrote a letter that was read by his wife's father, Vinod Hindocha, 66, and 55-year-old uncle, Ashok Hindocha.
He was extradited to South Africa last year, but the case collapsed after a judge found that it was "riddled with inconsistencies". It meant he walked free before having to give evidence and he has never spoken publicly about what happened.
Speaking outside the court, Ashok Hindocha said the family still have options available to them and that their "battle" will continue.
He said: "What can I say? We were hoping that some kind legal representation for Shrien Dewani would be here, or he himself would be here - but no. We have got a few more options left, we are going to look through all of these options."
Vinod and Nilam Hindocha, the parents of Anni Dewani Photo: PAUL GROVER
Mrs Dewani's uncle thanked the hundreds of people who had got in touch with the family on social media and email with questions to put to Mr Dewani.
He added: "We sent them a bunch of questions that we wanted answered - no response. Then those questions were also not responded to in South Africa, and those are the questions so we can move on with our lives.
"Now we will have to go on with another battle; whatever it is we can't talk about it at this point. But this battle is not over, we will continue to fight this case. We need answers."
Issuing a direct plea to Mr Dewani, Mr Hindocha - standing beside Mrs Dewani's father - called on him to "speak up".
"This is not a legal court, he (Mr Dewani) should have just come here and said 'Look, this is what happened'," he said.
Asked what the letter penned by the businessman said, he replied: "It is basically 'I don't need to be here, so I'm not going to'."
He added that it was the first time the family had heard from Mr Dewani since his wife's funeral.
Mr Hindocha said the process of trying to uncover new evidence which could reignite the case, was "already ongoing".
Mziwamadoda Qwabe, left, said Xolile Mngeni shot Mrs Dewani Photo: AP
In a statement read out to the court, Mr Dewani, described himself as "bisexual" and admitted he had slept with male prostitutes.
A key witness for the prosecution was a male escort who went by the nameThe German Master, but his evidence was ruled inadmissible.
Three men - Zola Tongo, Mziwamadoda Qwabe and Xolile Mngeni - weregiven jail terms for their role in Mrs Dewani's killing.
Mind you, what you have JUST READ? Is TYPICAL White Customs/Culture where THE RICH, POWERFUL, ETC. Can LITERALLY COMMIT MURDER AND DO IT IN SUCH A SLOPPY AND SHITTY FASHION, BUT!?
Still get off and still go free. Notice EVVVVVVVERYONE ELSE, that fell into THEIR TYPICAL CASTING FOR A WHITE POWER STRUCTURE PRODUCTION. Everyone ELSE, got locked up or fucked over! The Wife gets HORRIBLY KILLED! The British Indian husband gets his DOUBLE LIFE EXPOSED, but that isn't enough for him to have a trail go forward just because of THIS BOMBSHELL ALONE!? Where if he was fuckin men and getting fucked BY MEN!? Did his Wife know about this shit!? Then the Male Prostitute gets called in and SHOCKER!? He's WHITE GERMAN! Then a bunch of Blacks are paid to do the killing, but they're so fuckin incompetent that anyone can see that this was a hired hit to kill His Wife! YET!? The Judge MYSTERIOUSLY STOPS EVERYTHING AND SENDS HIM ON HIS MERRY WAY FROM SOUTH AFRICA!
The Wife is Dead. The Black are in Jail or AT LEAST WENT TO JAIL. The Male Prostitute is now OUTED AND KNOWN. And the Mastermind behind all of this!? Skips away into the sunset! Translation!? Do whatever you have to do to get money and fuck everything else!
Disgraceful....
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