May signs extradition for businessman in wife-murder case

Care home owner Dewani is accused of arranging the killing of his bride Anni during their honeymoon in Cape Town last November.

He now has 14 days to appeal to the High Court against his extradition, a Home Office spokesman said.

Mrs May’s decision came after District Judge Howard Riddle ruled at Belmarsh Magistrates’ Court in south-east London last month that Dewani, 31, should be sent back to South Africa to stand trial.

Suspicion fell on him after Mrs Dewani, 28, was shot dead when the couple’s cab was hijacked in the Gugulethu township.

Taxi driver Zola Tongo, who has admitted his part in the crime, claimed in a plea agreement with prosecutors that Dewani ordered the carjacking and paid for the killing of his wife.

Dewani, who is said to be suffering from severe post-traumatic stress disorder, denies any wrongdoing.