POLICE commissioner General Bheki Cele has lashed out at British millionaire Shrien Dewani for allegedly "using South Africa as a murder zone".
Anni Dewani, 28, was murdered in Gugulethu in Cape Town last month while she and her husband Shrien were on honeymoon.
"Shrien thought we, South Africans, were stupid when he came all the way to (allegedly) kill his wife in our country. He lied to himself," Cele said during the launch of Operation Duty Calls - a campaign aimed at squeezing criminals in the country - in Seshego, Limpopo.
Dewani was arrested on Tuesday on a South African extradition warrant and was granted bail when he appeared at City of Westminster magistrate's court yesterday.
He could be released on bail subject to a string of strict conditions, including a £250000 (about R2,7million) surety and that he wore an electronic tag.
He was also ordered to surrender his passport, live at the family home in Bristol and observe a curfew between 10am and 2pm and 10pm and 2am.
He must also report to the police station daily.
Cele said at this stage Dewani remained a suspect in his wife's murder.
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.
Zola Tongo, the driver of the shuttle Dewani and his wife were travelling in, has implicated him in the murder.
Cele said Tongo had said it all in court and "we have applied that the husband be brought back to the country to answer the allegations".
"All that remains is for the husband to volunteer to tell his side of the story," he said
Cele said British police said Dewani could be a flight risk and would be kept in custody.
Tongo turned state witness against fellow accused Xolile Mngeni, 23, and Mziwamadoda Qwabe, 25. He later entered into a plea bargain with the state.
Cele said Dewani had allegedly paid R16000 for his wife to be murdered - R1000 to Tongo, R5000 each to Mngeni and Qwabe and R5000 to the man who introduced Tongo to Mngeni and Qwabe.
Tongo was sentenced to an effective 18 years in prison on Tuesday by Cape Judge President John Hlophe.
Cele lashes out at Shrien Dewani
POLICE commissioner General Bheki Cele has lashed out at British millionaire Shrien Dewani for allegedly "using South Africa as a murder zone".
Anni Dewani, 28, was murdered in Gugulethu in Cape Town last month while she and her husband Shrien were on honeymoon.
"Shrien thought we, South Africans, were stupid when he came all the way to (allegedly) kill his wife in our country. He lied to himself," Cele said during the launch of Operation Duty Calls - a campaign aimed at squeezing criminals in the country - in Seshego, Limpopo.
Dewani was arrested on Tuesday on a South African extradition warrant and was granted bail when he appeared at City of Westminster magistrate's court yesterday.
He could be released on bail subject to a string of strict conditions, including a £250000 (about R2,7million) surety and that he wore an electronic tag.
He was also ordered to surrender his passport, live at the family home in Bristol and observe a curfew between 10am and 2pm and 10pm and 2am.
He must also report to the police station daily.
Cele said at this stage Dewani remained a suspect in his wife's murder.
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.
Zola Tongo, the driver of the shuttle Dewani and his wife were travelling in, has implicated him in the murder.
Cele said Tongo had said it all in court and "we have applied that the husband be brought back to the country to answer the allegations".
"All that remains is for the husband to volunteer to tell his side of the story," he said
Cele said British police said Dewani could be a flight risk and would be kept in custody.
Tongo turned state witness against fellow accused Xolile Mngeni, 23, and Mziwamadoda Qwabe, 25. He later entered into a plea bargain with the state.
Cele said Dewani had allegedly paid R16000 for his wife to be murdered - R1000 to Tongo, R5000 each to Mngeni and Qwabe and R5000 to the man who introduced Tongo to Mngeni and Qwabe.
Tongo was sentenced to an effective 18 years in prison on Tuesday by Cape Judge President John Hlophe.
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