CCTV footage of Dewani, Tonga cash exchange: report

25 March 2012 - 15:08 By Times LIVE
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Previously unseen CCTV footage of murder accused Shrien Dewani in a hotel with the man convicted of organising Anni Dewani's murder has surfaced, according to a report .

Shrien and Anni Dewani on their wedding day. File photo.
Shrien and Anni Dewani on their wedding day. File photo.
Image: MAX CLIFFORD ASSOCIATES

The Daily Mail reports that the footage shows Dewani meeting with Zola Tongo at the Cape Grace Hotel just three days after Anni's murder in November 2010.

Dewani is alleged to have organised his wife's murder while the couple was on honeymoon in Cape Town.

The footage, claims the paper, was obtained by BBC Panorama team, who are working a programme that investigates the murder.

The Mail writes: "The footage... shows the two men entering the internet room [of the Cape Grace Hotel]. Dewani arrives carrying a white plastic bag and, after a brief meeting, Tongo departs carrying the same bag at his side."

The bag, according to Tongo, contained the R1000 he was paid by Dewani to orchestrate his wife's murder.

If Dewani is extradited to South Africa, he will stand trial for Anni's murder.

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