Murder of Anni Dewani

Anni Dewani
Born	Anni Ninna Hindocha (1982-03-12)12 March 1982 Mariestad, Sweden
Disappeared	13 November 2010 (aged 28) Gugulethu, South Africa
Cause of death	Murder by gunshot (Contract killing)
Body discovered	Lingelethu West, South Africa
Residence	Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol, England
Nationality	Swedish
Occupation	Engineer
Partner(s)	Shrien Dewani

Anni Ninna Dewani (née Hindocha; 12 March 1982 – 13 November 2010) was a Swedish woman of Indian origin who, while on her honeymoon in South Africa, was murdered in Gugulethu township near Cape Town. Three South African men were convicted for their roles in a murder-for-hire plot that was staged to appear as a random carjacking. A fourth South African man admitted involvement in arranging the contract killing and was granted immunity from prosecution in return for his cooperation.

A fifth man, Briton Shrien Dewani- Anni's husband- was accused of being the mastermind behind the murder plot. After fighting extradition for years, he was returned to South Afria and brought to trial in 2014. However the charges against him were dismissed when a judge ruled the evidence presented in court was insufficient to sustain a conviction. Of the five persons either charged and/or convicted in the murder plot, Shrien Dewani is the only one who had ever met Anni Dewani prior to the time of her murder.

Complaints of bias levelled at Shrien Dewani's trial judge

Two formal complaints alleging judicial bias and prejudiced behaviour were lodged by public organizations against the judge that dropped the charges which Shrien Dewani faced in the contract killing of Anni Dewani. Ultimately a judicial Conduct Committee dismissed the complaints.