A United Kingdom coroner has said that there will be no full inquest carried out into the death of Anni Dewani – who was killed on honeymoon in South Africa in 2010.
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Sky News is reporting that the coroner feels there’s no sufficient cause to resume the inquest.
Dewani, 34, returned to the United Kingdom in December a year ago after being cleared by a court in Cape Town of plotting the murder of his wife during their honeymoon in South Africa where he was extradited to face trial.
Three men – Tongo, Mziwamadoda Qwabe and gunman Xolile Mngeni – have already been convicted for their part in the murder that occurred during a late-night tour of a township when their chauffeur-driven vehicle was hijacked.
He maintained that he and his wife were the victims of a hijacking on November 13, 2010.
A court in South Africa cleared Mr Dewani, 35, from Bristol, of orchestrating the attack, after a judge found the evidence against him fell below the standard required by law.
“In these proceedings, the matter will now rest”, he said.
He was not made to give evidence in the trial, which has continued to anger Anni’s family over the last five years.
In a letter to the coroner Mr Dewani wrote: “I would like to make clear that I have a significant number of questions which remain unanswered about the night that my wife and I were kidnapped and Anni was tragically shot after being taken away from me”.
Mr Hindocha added that the process of trying to uncover new evidence, which could reignite the case, was “already ongoing”.
Mr Walker told the court that he was “prohibited” from reaching a conclusion which was inconsistent with the findings of the South African courts.
If the coroner does decline to open an inquest, Anni’s family have hinted they will investigate bringing a private prosecution against Shrien.
‘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’ll have to go on another battle”.
Speaking outside the hearing, her uncle, Ashok Hindocha, 55, said they still need questions answering so that they could “move on with their lives”.
‘But this battle is not over, we will continue to fight this case.
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“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 vehicle”.
