Henning denies involvement in wife's murder: report

Chanelle Henning's estranged husband Nico has denied any involvement in her murder, according to a report.

His lawyer Werner Bruyns told Eye Witness News on Thursday that Henning, who is a confirmed suspect in the case, had nothing to do with the drive-by shooting of his wife in Faerie Glen in November 2010.

Henning was implicated in the murder earlier this week in testimony in the Pretoria Regional Court.

Investigating officer Captain Petrus van der Spuy testified that "the mastermind" of the murder was still at large.

He did not provide the name of the person suspected of orchestrating the crime, but referred to calls made from Henning's phone to murder accused Andre Gouws.

Police later confirmed that Henning was the suspect who had been mentioned in court.

Henning was questioned by the police shortly after his estranged wife was killed, but he was released without being charged.

On Friday, Lieutenant-Colonel Katlego Mogale said Henning had not been arrested and declined to comment on whether police had done any follow up interviews with Henning.

"The investigation is continuing," she said.

According to evidence heard in court earlier, in the trial of former policeman Gerhardus du Plessis and Willem Martinus Pieterse, "a caller" had instructed Andre Gouws to postpone the hit because "the bitch had the baby this weekend".

The couple had previously been embroiled in a custody dispute over their five-year-old son. Chanelle won.

Gouws, Pieterse, Du Plessis, Ambrose Monye, and Preshan Singh were arrested for the murder in November.