London: Indian-origin businessman Shrien Dewani, accused of murdering his wife while on honeymoon in South Africa, could be cleared after fresh ballistic evidence and CCTV footage cast doubts over his involvement, a report said today.
Police have accused Dewani of hiring a team of hit men to kill his new bride, Anni, while holidaying in Cape Town in November 2010.
However, 33-year-old Dewani, fighting against his extradition from UK to South Africa, has always maintained that he was forced from a taxi by carjackers who drove off with his Swedish-Indian wife and killed her.
Experts at the Forensic Firearms Consultancy in London now claim that it appears that a bullet hit 28-year-old Anni by accident, Daily Mirror reported.
The newspaper further claimed that an upcoming BBC TV investigation will show that initial police interviews and CCTV images raise further concerns about the case.
It is claimed Dewani was eventually accused by a desperate Tongo in exchange for a lighter sentence.
The pressure at the time was that this sort of incident needed to be explained rapidly due to the economy of the Western Cape which relies on UK tourism," said Paul Hoffman, a former acting high court judge in South Africa.
It has also emerged that text messages Dewani supposedly sent Tongo on the night of the murder, a crucial part of the prosecution case, do not exist.
Tongo, Mngeni and Qwabe have been jailed for their roles in Anni's murder.
Police have accused Dewani of hiring a team of hit men to kill his new bride, Anni, while holidaying in Cape Town in November 2010.
However, 33-year-old Dewani, fighting against his extradition from UK to South Africa, has always maintained that he was forced from a taxi by carjackers who drove off with his Swedish-Indian wife and killed her.
Experts at the Forensic Firearms Consultancy in London now claim that it appears that a bullet hit 28-year-old Anni by accident, Daily Mirror reported.
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The newspaper further claimed that an upcoming BBC TV investigation will show that initial police interviews and CCTV images raise further concerns about the case.
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It is claimed Dewani was eventually accused by a desperate Tongo in exchange for a lighter sentence.
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The pressure at the time was that this sort of incident needed to be explained rapidly due to the economy of the Western Cape which relies on UK tourism," said Paul Hoffman, a former acting high court judge in South Africa.
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It has also emerged that text messages Dewani supposedly sent Tongo on the night of the murder, a crucial part of the prosecution case, do not exist.
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Tongo, Mngeni and Qwabe have been jailed for their roles in Anni's murder.
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