Pretoria - Murder accused Shrien Dewani will be admitted to a rehabilitation clinic while he fights extradition processes to stand trial in South Africa.
This as an application by South African authorities to have the honeymoon murder accused's bail revoked resumed in the Belmarsh Magistrates' Court in London. The application was brought last month after Dewani apparently tried to commit suicide by taking a number of pills.
On Tuesday, it seemed as if South African officials and his defence team reached a compromise in connection with his bail conditions whereby he will be admitted to the Priory rehabilitation clinic near his home in Bristol. He will be checked on every 15 minutes.
Dewani is accused of masterminding his wife Anni's murder. She was killed while the couple was honeymooning in South Africa in November last year.
Dewani claimed the couple was hijacked while driving through Khayelitsha and that he was forced out of the vehicle. Anni's body was found in the abandoned vehicle the next day. She had been shot.
Zola Tongo, the man who chauffeured the couple, claimed in court that Dewani gave him R15 000 as payment to kill Anni. Tongo was subsequently sentenced to an effective 18 years imprisonment for his role in the crime
Dewani returned to the UK shortly after his wife's death and was arrested thereafter.
South African authorities are requesting that Dewani to be brought back to South Africa to stand trial on charges related to Anni's murder. An extradition hearing has been set for May.
