Honeymoon Murder Suspect Loses High Court Move To Block Extradition.

[anotheoldgit]

/// Mr Dewani, from Bristol, has been fighting removal from the UK to face proceedings over his wife's death until he has recovered from mental health problems, including depression and post-traumatic stress
disorder ///

I wonder if the South African authorities will be so sympathetic towards Mr Dewani's mental health problems as the UK has apparently been?

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/honeymoon-murder-suspect-shrien-dewani-loses-high-court-move-to-block-extradition-9098656.html

[Gromit]

If only he had been Autistic, and then the Daily Mail might have orchestrated a campaign against extradition.

If he is well enough to be extradited, he will be well enough to face a trial.

[grasscarp]

He could still appeal to the Supreme Court.
Funny how he is held under Mental Health Act but is able to make all these applications.

[FredPuli43]

How have we been sympathetic to his mental health problems, AOG ? If you read your own link, you will see that the the court of first instance said he was to be extradited. Naturally, he appealed that decision. The appeal was desperate enough to raise a novel question of law, which was never arguable, and now the man is to be extradited. By pursuing this line, he has reduced his chances of acquittal. It is reasonable to argue that, if a man tries that hard to avoid a trial, he knows he is guilty.

[joeluke]

He's played a very good game and been able to fool the authorities for long enough

He's knee deep in the murder of his wife so it's high time he faced justice

[FredPuli43]

grasscarp, whatever his mental state, he is not debarred , through his lawyers and/or someone acting as his guardian for the purpose, from making applications in his interest.

[anotheoldgit]

FredPuli43

/// How have we been sympathetic to his mental health problems, ///

I would have thought that was obvious since he has so far escaped extradition due to certain mental health problems, including depression and post-traumatic stress disorder.

One would think that most people would suffer from those if they were also accused of what he is.

And aren't we are only prepared to extradite him to South Africa if they agree to certain measures?

[Gromit]

If anyones new wife was murdered then // depression and post-traumatic stress disorder // is likely to result. Possibly more so if he were innocent.

[FredPuli43]

AOG, that depends whether you think he was conning the doctors. Experience suggests that that is not easy to do and the court took the view that the condition was merely temporary and ordered his extradition at first instance. He managed to put off his going by attacking the law itself and by appealing on what we might call humanitarian grounds (which have always been an element in such proceedings) that he would be detained interminably without trial.

You can't blame him for trying, but he has been ill-advised; it was never going to work and it looks bad to the court in South Africa.