A newlywed accused of paying hitmen £1,400 to have his bride kidnapped, robbed and murdered on their honeymoon in South Africa was arrested last night.

Millionaire businessman Shrien Dewani was held under a South African warrant on suspicion of conspiring to murder wife Anni.

The 30-year-old from Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol, was accused in a court in the country yesterday of ordering her death by taxi driver Zola Tongo, who was sentenced for his part in the killing.

The Dewanis had been married two weeks when she was murdered

Mr Dewani surrendered himself at a police station in Bristol yesterday.

The Met Police said he was arrested under a warrant issued at the request of the South African authorities. He will appear before City of Westminster magistrates today.

Earlier, the Dewani family described the allegation as ‘ludicrous’.

Mrs Dewani, 28, was shot dead after two gunmen ambushed Tongo’s cab near Cape Town as he drove the newlyweds on a tour to see the ‘real Africa’.

After the attack on November 13, Mr Dewani told how he was devastated.

But yesterday there were gasps in the public gallery as Cape Town’s High Court heard Tongo’s sensational claim, as public prosecutors outlined a plea bargain by the driver that has seen him jailed for 18 years, reduced from a likely 25 years.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1336695/Carjack-husband-arrested-hit-new-bride-Millionaire-held-taxi-driver-claims-paid-1-400-set-murder.html#ixzz17UM52zeP

I always thought there was more to this story

Stranger things have happened, but to take the wife and kill her with no financial or sexual motive is a tad odd.........

I thought that at the time the papers were speculating on a large insurance policy taken out jointly.

He should have brought her to Thailand. It would have been cheaper and the police would never have investigated so thoroughly.

(sorry - in very poor taste)

Can't access the Daily Mail story - seems to be blocked.

The Daily Telegraph has several articles - this is the time-line

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/southafrica/8186264/South-Africa-murder-timeline.html

There are several comments following the article and for once there are some sensible opinions among all you lunatics. (Sorry, got carried away with Oscar Brown Jr and Mr Kicks)

Seriously, I think there is far more to this story than we have yet heard.