Blog #6: Prosecutor says Dewani is a 'guilty fugitive'.

Michael Stone

February 24, 2011

9:20 p.m.



In Cape Town, South Africa, there is a new twist to the 'honeymoon killing'. Thirty-one year old Shrien Dewani is accused of being behind the killing of his twenty-eight year old wife Anni. The couple caught a cab that was later hijacked by an unidentified man. The culprit, kicked the driver and Dewani out on the side of the road but kept his wife. Her body was found later in the cab dead, shot to death. Fast forward to now, the police chief is making statements that will not allow for a fair public trial. Mr. Simelane said in an interview that Mr. Dewani is a 'fugitive' and guilty of 'committing a heinous crime.' This has all been said without a trial yet on TV and therefore shows that Dewani can't have a fair trial. Later in a interview, Simelane also stated "As a matter of fact, Mr Dewani is a fugitive because he ran away. He ran out of a country [where] there was a warrant of arrest for him. So as a fugitive, we then informed Interpol that we would like an international arrest warrant issued for him. So he was flagged internationally and he can't go anywhere, basically." Four South Africans have been arrested in connection with the murder and one has been sentenced to 18 years in jail. It is believed that the police tortured these four people in order go get a confession out of them because of the pressure of solving this high profile case. His lawyer is ready to make a former complaint to the high court systems. The case will be heard by an experienced senior judge and two lay assessors.


The problem here is police brutality and how the police try to 'flex' their muscle in order to get convictions and court decisions in their favor. We all want, or should want, justice for someone doing wrong to us. But we should go about it in the right way. if we do not, then we are no better than the criminals we are trying to stop. Doing things by the book is what our society is built on and good people put their values into. If Dewani did the crime then he should be convicted but not by feeding the public information about the case in order to sway a court decision.




Prosecutor says Dewani is a 'guilty fugitive'.