South Africa - Anni Dewani, 28, shot to death, Gugulethu, 13 Nov 2010 #1

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EWN Reporter ‏@ewnreporter 2m2 minutes ago
VZ: and your paper usually pays fairly well for stories? Parker: yes.

Leigh-Anne Jansen ‏@LA_JANSEN 2m2 minutes ago
VZ: Once an agreement was reached between the agent and your boss, I presume your boss told you about the story? NP: Yes.

VZ: When you wrote the story, you didn't contact the accused, but contacted Max Clifford? NP: Yes

 

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Leigh-Anne Jansen ‏@LA_JANSEN 2m2 minutes ago
VZ: You never contacted the accused personally. NP: Mr. Clifford was his publicist. All media had to go through him

VZ: A week after the deceased was killed. Were you in Cape Town? NP: yes. VZ: Where did you stay? NP: One night at the Cape Grace.

EWN Reporter ‏@ewnreporter 3m3 minutes ago
VZ: you never contacted the accused personally? Parker: yes.

VZ: Did you try to contact Zola Tongo. NP: Yes. VZ: Did you try leave messages on his phone. NP: Can't remember

 

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Leigh-Anne Jansen ‏@LA_JANSEN 1m1 minute ago
NP: I was working with someone else. VZ: That person was Mike Behr? NP: Yes

VZ: Where did you get the number of Nombaza Tuswa? NP: I can't remember

VZ: Hands in report of messages left on the phone of Nombaza Tuswa.

RAHIMA ESSOP ‏@rahimaessop 2m2 minutes ago
VZ: did you try calling Tongo on his personal number? Parker: might have.

 

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EWN Reporter ‏@ewnreporter 53s54 seconds ago
VZ: there is a message left on 16 Nov 2010 at 8:59am. He asks Parker what it is about.

Parker: I presume that's a message from Mike Behr on whether Tongo has decided to talk to him.

 

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Leigh-Anne Jansen ‏@LA_JANSEN 1m1 minute ago
VZ: Message on 16/11. "Hope you are feeling better today. Please let me know when you are ready. Mike"

VZ reads a message to Tongo, which Parker wrote

 

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EWN Reporter ‏@ewnreporter 38s38 seconds ago
VZ reads a message Parker wrote to Tongo,about the need to clear things up.

Parker confirms that the phone message was seeking an interview with Zola Tongo.

VZ: Another message on the same day - indicating that there are whispers of his involvement & giving right of reply

 

[jay-jay]

EWN Reporter ‏@ewnreporter 46s47 seconds ago

Prosecutor Shireen Riley is back from sick leave. She had chickenpox.

Wow, she recovered from that quickly! I had chickenpox fairly recently (about three months ago) and it took me 6 weeks to recover!

 

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EWN Reporter ‏@ewnreporter 59s59 seconds ago
VZ: did you offer Tongo money to talk to you? Parker: possible but no recollection of this.

Parker and Mike Behr went to Tongo's home to talk to him. Said he didn't offer Tongo money directly or indirectly.

 

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Wow, she recovered from that quickly! I had chickenpox fairly recently (about three months ago) and it took me 6 weeks to recover!

I was saying that just before to my daughter, what the ??? Couldn't have been chicken pox. Weird, lol, seems like you can say anything there.

 

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News24 ‏@News24 2m2 minutes ago
Parker: Was aware that everybody was chasing [Tongo] at the time, he wasn't a murderer at that stage.

Parker can't seem to remember much, explains that it was four years ago, can't remember everything.

Leigh-Anne Jansen ‏@LA_JANSEN 1m1 minute ago
VZ: Did you refer to/receive a stm made by Sneha (Hindocha) Mashru to police? NP: No. I don't specifically remember

 

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ohoh, Parker not a very good witness. Either he genuinely can't remember or just refuses to admit to VZ questions. :dunno:

 

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Leigh-Anne Jansen ‏@LA_JANSEN 2m2 minutes ago

VZ: When did you receive this statement? NP: It was sent to Tom Crone of our legal department

No further questions. Witness steps down.

News24 ‏@News24 52s52 seconds ago
no further questions for Nick Parker, seems relieved as he steps down.

 

[PrimeSuspect]

Leigh-Anne Jansen ‏@LA_JANSEN 57s58 seconds ago

State calls Sneha Mashru. (anni's cousin)

Prosecutor Shareen Riley to examine this witness

 

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Leigh-Anne Jansen ‏@LA_JANSEN 2m2 minutes ago
Shrien clenches his jaw

EWN Reporter ‏@ewnreporter 45s46 seconds ago
Sneha is sworn in.

 

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News24 ‏@News24 1m1 minute ago

Sneha Mashru will testify in English but it's her 3rd language so a Swedish interpreter is here in case she needs assistance.

EWN Reporter ‏@ewnreporter 46s46 seconds ago
Judge asks the interpreter to take the oath now.

News24 ‏@News24 1m1 minute ago
Interpreter is sworn in after initial confusion about whether he'd already taken an oath.

 

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Leigh-Anne Jansen ‏@LA_JANSEN 2m2 minutes ago
Sneha is the first cousin of the deceased in this matter.

They grew up together. A year difference in their ages. Same high school. Grew up in same town.

RAHIMA ESSOP ‏@rahimaessop 44s45 seconds ago
Sneha: (after college) Anni moved to Stolkhom.

Leigh-Anne Jansen ‏@LA_JANSEN 2m2 minutes ago
Court adjourns for tea


How strange, Sneha just started giving evidence. lol
News24 ‏@News24 1m1 minute ago
Visibly frustrated judge orders court to sort out aircon, sound, so that case can proceed without further delays. Adjourn

 

[emirates1957]

Wasn't an assessor on the OP trial come down with an ailment in the first week?

 

[PrimeSuspect]

Wasn't an assessor on the OP trial come down with an ailment in the first week?

I sort of remember that em. I wonder what she had. :thinking: But the chicken pox thing, might have been a scare, exposed, then got vaccinated? lol I'm adding my own dialogue haha.

Just read earlier a plane load of passengers on Jetstar from Indo, exposed to measles. So now it's Ebola and measles.

 

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court resumes

Leigh-Anne Jansen ‏@LA_JANSEN 5m5 minutes ago

Sneha spent lots of time with Anni, when she got a job in Stockholm.

The pair traveled to London often. In 2009, Anni met SD on a blind date

Anni moved to the UK in March 2010

Anni and SD had a long-distance-relationship between May 2009 and March 2010

SD has been to Sweden twice. First time in October and then November 2009

Anni and I were more like sisters. She confided in me and told me things she wouldn't tell her sister/brother

 

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Leigh-Anne Jansen ‏@LA_JANSEN 3m3 minutes ago
I knew EVERYTHING about Anni. We knew we could trust each other. We would talk over telephone, text messages and emails. I thought, at the time that Shrien was a nice guy.

Shrien and I used to have contact if it had anything to do with Anni. We had a relationship because he was dating my cousin. Only emailed when we were discussing wedding things. Sometimes Shrien would take Anni's phone and contact me in English.