Shrien Dewani,the Indian-origin man accused of organising the killing of his newly-wed wife,Anni in South Africa,has been granted bail by the High Court. Dewani,a care home owner from Westbury-on-Trym in Bristol,denies any involvement in the murder of his wife,Anni,28. He was being held at Wandsworth Prison in London and is now due to be released on 250,000 pounds bail. He also faces electronic tagging,home curfew and having to report to the police daily. Dewani's spokesman Max Clifford said his family were "very pleased" with the decision to grant bail. "They're pleased also that he is able to go home and continue his trauma and bereavement counselling. He is going to be surrounded by his loved ones and his family,who will support him," he said. The sensational case of the Indian-origin couple who went on a honeymoon to South Africa after a "fairytale" marriage in India continues hog headlines in the British press. South African authorities want to question Dewani after taxi driver Zola Tongo told the Western Cape High Court that he was offered 15,000 rand (1,400 pounds) by Shrien to kill his wife. The couple was travelling through Gugulethu,a township,when they were ambushed by two men who appeared to threaten their driver,Zola Tongo,and ordered him out of the car before also ejecting Anni. She was found shot dead in the back of the car several hours later. On Tuesday,prosecutors in South Africa publicly accepted a signed confession from Tongo that was agreed as part of a plea bargain deal in which he admitted murder,aggravated robbery and kidnapping. Rodney de Kock,the Western Cape director of public prosecutions,told Judge President John Hlophe that the alleged hijacking was part of a plan designed to conceal the true facts. "The alleged hijacking was in fact not a hijacking,but part of a plan of subterfuge which Shrien Dewani,the husband of the deceased,and the accused had designed to conceal the true facts,to wit: that the deceased was murdered at the instance of her husband," Kock said. "The hijacking would be simulated," the confession claims. "The agreement was that after the 'hijacking' of the vehicle,both Shrien Dewani and I would be ejected from the vehicle unharmed,after which the deceased would be murdered". According to the confession claims,the kidnapping and robbery were part of the plan to make it appear that "this was a random criminal act,unconnected to Shrien Dewani."
