Shrien Dewani wins extradition hearing

Honeymoon murder suspect Shrien Dewani has won a further hearing in his legal battle against extradition.

A panel of three High Court judges, headed by the Lord Chief Justice Lord Thomas, ruled there are outstanding legal issues the court must decide.

Dewani, 33, is fighting removal to South Africa to face trial over his wife Anni’s death until he has recovered from mental health problems.

His lawyers have stressed at various hearings that he will be willing to defend himself at trial, once he is fit to do so.

Lord Thomas ruled his case must be reopened to consider two key issues.

The first relates to Dewani’s status as “an accused person”.

The second concerns whether it would be “unjust and oppressive” to extradite Dewani “regardless of the prognosis” of his mental condition.