Bride death accused to stay in jail

Shrien Dewani, who was arrested on a South African extradition warrant, was initially granted bail when he appeared at City of Westminster Magistrates' Court yesterday.

But the South African authorities lodged an immediate appeal, which means the businessman from Bristol will be held in custody pending a High Court hearing.

Dewani, whose wife Anni, 28, was shot dead last month as they visited a township, was arrested on suspicion of conspiring to murder her.

The 30-year-old was accused of ordering her death by taxi driver Zola Tongo as the driver was sentenced in a South African court on Tuesday for his part in the killing.

The court heard that Tongo had not only implicated Dewani in the murder, but had also mentioned to another man that he thought it was not the first time the Briton had arranged such a killing.

The taxi driver said he got the impression that Dewani had been in South Africa before and "had done something like this before and said he wanted the murder to look like a hijacking", according to a statement allegedly given to South African police.

Clare Montgomery QC, representing Dewani, said her client was accused by a group of self-confessed robbers and murderers desperate to escape a life sentence.

She suggested the case against him was cooked up to defend the reputation of South Africa as a tourist destination.

Ms Montgomery also said it seemed extremely unlikely Mr Dewani could arrange for a killing in the one-and-a-half hours between arriving in South Africa and reaching his hotel.