State withdraws charges against Nico Henning for hit on wife
The state has withdrawn its case against Nico Henning‚ a Pretoria businessman accused of plotting his wife's murder. Chanelle Henning‚ 26‚ who was estranged from her husband‚ was gunned down by men on a motorcycle in a drive-by shooting near her son's nursery school in the Pretoria suburb of Faerie Glen on November 8 2011.The couple were embroiled in a divorce and custody battle.On Monday morning‚ almost five years after Chanelle's death‚ charges against Henning were dropped at the High Court in Pretoria.Prosecutor Gerrie Nel‚ who prosecuted Paralympian Oscar Pistorius for the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp‚ said the state was not in a position to proceed with the case and withdrew the charges levelled against Henning.No further reasons were given.Henning was implicated in the murder by a friend‚ former police officer Andre Gouws‚ who was one of four men convicted for their role in the hit on Chanelle.Gouws and former Nigerian Olympic athlete Ambrose Monye are serving life sentences for the murder‚ but have been granted leave to appeal.Another ex-policeman Gerhardus du Plessis and his friend Willem Pieterse were also jailed for the killing.Henning's lawyer Piet van Wyk said the state's decision had been noted and that he hopes it will help both families can carry on with their lives.The National Prosecuting Authority had not commented at the time of publication. – TMG Digital..
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