Anni Dewani, the mastermind behind Anni’s murder of her young bride, has made a public confession about his plot. He said: “I don’t like what I did.”
Anni (28 years old) was on her honeymoon in Gugulethu, near Cape Town, when she got into an accident with a taxi.
Shrien Dewani is now 41 and she had only been married for a couple of weeks.
After her husband ran from the taxi, she was shot in the neck. Later her body was found inside.
He claimed his life was saved by the gunmen who forced him to get out of his vehicle. Then, they murdered his wife.
Dewani, who was charged with organizing the attack on Dewani’s Swedish-engineer wife and paying two of his accomplices and the taxi driver, was found not guilty.
Monde Mbolombo is now a criminal who has told his story to a documentary team.
Anni Dewani was 28 years old and on her honeymoon with Shrien Dewani (both seen at their wedding), near Cape Town, in November 2010, she was hit by a taxi.
CCTV footage showed Monde Mbolombo the gangster, as he was talking on the telephone to Zola Tongo (photo above). A TV documentary crew has listened to his story of the robbery and murder.
Mbolombo, 40 years old, recalled events leading to Anni’s death and told the program that Zola Tongo, a taxi driver, came to visit him at a hotel he was employed at.
‘Tongo came to me and he said “do I know any hitman?”. I was shocked.’
Tongo said to him that Tongo wanted him to bring two couples into township. “The husband wants the wife murdered.”
‘Tongo said “so this guy wants his wife to be murdered and it must look like it’s a hijacking“.’
Mr Dewani has always maintained his innocence, which has since been proven, and accused the three men convicted of Anni’s murder, of framing him.
Asked why he had got involved in the murder plot, Mbolombo said: ‘To tell the truth, I don’t know really.
‘That’s the question I’ve been asking myself all these years, why did I say yes?’
Mbolombo, a TV show about his grief over the murders, tells his story.
He was granted immunity from prosecution for helping police investigating Anni’s murder.
Asked if he thought about how a woman was going to end up dead, he broke down in tears and said: ‘Because of my role, I’m still stuck here. I’m not proud of what I did.’
Dewani had been accused of organizing the murder of his Swedish engineer wife, along with paying the taxi driver and two others. He was eventually cleared.
Anni dewani’s sister Ami (left), brother Anish Hindocha, second left at rear), father Vinod Hindocha and mother Nilam Hindocha leave Westminster Magistrates’ Court in 2013.
But his supposed remorse was dismissed as ‘crying crocodile tears’ by Anni’s family who are still searching for answers to the tragedy in their quest for closure.
They begged him to tell them the whole story of Anni’s death in Cape Town taxicab 11 years ago.
Anni’s uncle Ashok Hindocha told MailOnline: ‘Even after all these years, We still have so many questions that need answering.
‘There is still key information to be revealed and holes in the story to be filled.
‘Some of the mobile phones used by the men who killed Anni have never been found. Do you know what happened? Who got rid of these phones?
‘There could be very important information on those phones. It was told that text messages were exchanged between the two phones.
‘We are still anxious to see those messages on those phones and know who said what.’
But Mr Hindocha added: ‘Tears are not enough.
Mbolombo (40), recalled the events that led to Anni’s murder and said Mbolombo was a taxi driver Zola Tongo (pictured below) visited him in a hotel where he was working.
Mr Dewani, pictured in 2014, said he and his wife were victims of a random kidnapping and his life was spared as the two gunmen pushed him out of the vehicle window
‘When Shrien was found not guilty, the judge in the trial said Mbolombo was not immune from prosecution. He was not charged. It was a lucky escape from justice. ‘
Mr Dewani said he and his wife were kidnapped as they toured the township in Tongo’s taxi.
Tongo, who is serving 18 years for the murder, said he was paid R15,000 (£700) to organise the hitmen.
However, Mr Dewani was a millionaire boss of a care home and claimed that he and his wife had been victims of an accidental kidnapping. He said his life was saved when the gunmen forced him from the car window.
He confessed to having slept with male prostitutes, and that he paid for sex. Judge was told by him that he had accessed gay websites on the same day as his wife was killed.
Dewani was released from all charges.
She could not trust the police investigation. The judge also found that statements from the accused accomplices were inconsistent.
Mr Dewani has always maintained his innocence, which has since been proven, and accused the three men convicted of Anni’s murder, of framing him
Also, the court saw CCTV showing Mr Dewani observing gay porn as his father-in law Vinod Hinddocha was sitting next to him at a hotel lobby table after arriving in South Africa.
Additional footage revealed Mr Dewani was seen disappearing with Tongo in the lobby of the hotel. A taxi driver then returned carrying a newspaper bag. Dewani claimed he was charging him a fee to drive the honeymooners.
Anni wasn’t raped or sexually assaulted, according to the post-mortem.
She received shots to the neck and hand, perhaps while she was lying face-down in the taxi.
Tongo admitted to the murder and was sentenced to a lesser term.
Last year he was due to be released on parole, but was kept behind bars after opposition from Anni’s family.
Vinod, her father flew to Cape Town to continue questioning him. He was not happy with his answers and decided to deny him freedom.
MziwamadodaQwabe has been sentenced to life imprisonment. Anni’s killer, Xolile Mngeni, died of cancer during his time in prison.
The four-part documentary series ‘Anni: The Honeymoon Murder’ will be available on Discovery Plus on Saturday November 13.