{"id":8385,"date":"2014-12-04T13:15:22","date_gmt":"2014-12-04T13:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tat.reddaisytrading.co.uk\/index.php\/2014\/12\/04\/a-brothers-seeks-the-truth\/"},"modified":"2014-12-04T13:15:22","modified_gmt":"2014-12-04T13:15:22","slug":"a-brothers-seeks-the-truth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2014\/12\/04\/a-brothers-seeks-the-truth\/","title":{"rendered":"A Brother\u2019s Seeks the Truth"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Anni Dewani\u2019s heartbroken brother demands justice for his sister<\/h3>\n

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\nThe family of the late Anni Dewani have pleaded with Shrien Dewani to \u201ctell the world what happened the night she died\u201d as the case looks to soon come to a close.<\/p>\n


\nTensions between the accused husband and Hindocha family came to a head at a press conference in South Africa, when Anni\u2019s brother Anish Hindocha implored Shrien to take the witness stand and finally tell the whole story.<\/p>\n


\nAnni was killed in a car-jacking incident whilst travelling in a taxi with her husband Shrien, he has since been accused of arranging his wife\u2019s murder to escape the marriage.<\/p>\n


\nThe family\u2019s statement comes as the judge is to decide whether to throw the case out, this is after the defence\u2019s claims that the prosecution\u2019s arguments were weak, inconsistent and based on unreliable witnesses. If the judge accepts these claims then Shrien will return to the UK without giving evidence. <\/p>\n


\nIn a statement, Anish said, \u201cIt would be a terrible development in what has been a four-year wait if we and the people of South Africa are not afforded the full story. <\/p>\n


\n\u201cIf they are not given the full facts, and by that I mean Shrien Dewani telling the court his version, then Anni’s death will remain on the conscience of South Africa forever.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nReportedly the case against Dewani may be thrown out before the defence can begin their case, as such the trail has been plagued by delays caused by sickness, witness availability and legal wrangling.<\/p>\n


\nBut the Hindochas family are confident the trial will continue, Anish added, \u201cI fully expect the South African trial against Shrien Dewani to continue on December 8 and for his application to end the case to be dismissed. <\/p>\n


\n\u201cShrien Dewani has insisted all along that he would clear his name and his legal team have promised the court since the trial began dozens of times that he would help the court with his own version of events. <\/p>\n


\n\u201cThe phrase ‘my client will tell the court’ has become like a mantra to the judge, media and members of the public who have attended the Western Cape High Court. <\/p>\n


\n\u201cWell, let’s have him tell the court, then. That has been his pledge throughout the trial. <\/p>\n


\n\u201cIt would be wrong for him to walk away from South Africa without explaining himself what happened on the night of Anni’s murder in this country.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nAnish and his family have expressed their gratitude for the support they have received around the world, but said that not hearing from Shrien would mean, \u201ca lifetime of further torture for me and my family, particularly my parents\u201d.<\/p>\n


\nHe said, \u201cPlease allow us the opportunity to demand justice for my sister. Please allow us the full story. <\/p>\n


\n\u201cWe don’t want to return to our homes in the UK and Sweden carrying any doubts at all about whether Anni’s murder received a fair and proper hearing in South Africa. <\/p>\n


\n\u201cWe have been promised it for four painful years which have devastated our lives. <\/p>\n


\n\u201cMy message is simple: Don’t let Shrien Dewani walk away without giving us, South Africa and people all over the world the full story.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nAnni\u2019s parents previously revealed they were unaware that Shrien was bi-sexual and would never have let him marry Anni had they known. Anish said of this, \u201cThere have been reports that we as a family are planning to take legal action of our own and sue Shrien Dewani after this murder trial is over. This is not the right time to discuss this and it is something we may consider in the future.” <\/p>\n


\n\u201cHowever, our motivation is not, and never has been, financial. We just demand the truth. And we do that with heavy hearts after such a long time.\u201d \n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Anni Dewani\u2019s heartbroken brother demands justice for his sister The family of the late Anni Dewani have pleaded with Shrien Dewani to \u201ctell the world what happened the night she died\u201d as the case looks to soon come to a close. Tensions between the accused husband and Hindocha family came to a head […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11753,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8385"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8385\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}