Forgive me if I have missed something (or quite a lot lol) but, what is to say that these 4 SA guys hadn't dreamed up this plan beforehand, i.e. the taxi driver gaining the confidence of a rich tourist(s), selling him/them an expensive bespoke private tour like a helicopter ride or a package of such tours, taking them round the city, arranging at some point for cash for the helicopter/tours to be with them in the vehicle on an evening, when they also have all the expensive jewellery on etc. - where the sole intention is together to rob them at some point and make out the taxi driver is also a victim. Here they would be maximising the value of their haul... but they would have to wait for the 'right' tourist(s) - ones who like to deal in cash to get a bargain etc.
Say (hypothetically) that said robbery goes wrong and poor Anni is killed, which none of the 4 intended. Had this not happened then the robbery would just be one in a long list of serious township crimes that the police have insufficient resources to investigate, so the chances of detection would probably not be great. Now its murder, of a tourist no less, so SA would pull all (or most) of the stops out and the 4 would know they are in trouble. They then would all have time before arrest to use the evidence with potential to be the most incriminating, i.e. all the phone calls, to their advantage i.e. in securing plea bargains by implicating Dewani to significantly reduce potential life sentences.
As we saw with OP's trial, the investigation of this matter seems to have been found wanting. It remains to be seen if there is any evidence yet to present to prove the actual content of any of the texts to and from Dewani exists, which could seal the deal, but I doubt it. The one thing I find difficult in this matter is, it may be possible that someone is stupid enough to take (what is to poor SA's) a lot of money in cash with them to meet up with a virtual stranger who is arranging helicopter tours or whatever, even in SA.... but is there anyone in the world dumb enough to arrange a hit on his wife with a taxi driver that he just met in a country that he has never been to before?
Oh, and if anyone wants to know how cheap life really is in SA, watch the Reggie Yates series on BB3 in the UK, especially 'Knife Crime ER'.
Say (hypothetically) that said robbery goes wrong and poor Anni is killed, which none of the 4 intended. Had this not happened then the robbery would just be one in a long list of serious township crimes that the police have insufficient resources to investigate, so the chances of detection would probably not be great. Now its murder, of a tourist no less, so SA would pull all (or most) of the stops out and the 4 would know they are in trouble. They then would all have time before arrest to use the evidence with potential to be the most incriminating, i.e. all the phone calls, to their advantage i.e. in securing plea bargains by implicating Dewani to significantly reduce potential life sentences.
As we saw with OP's trial, the investigation of this matter seems to have been found wanting. It remains to be seen if there is any evidence yet to present to prove the actual content of any of the texts to and from Dewani exists, which could seal the deal, but I doubt it. The one thing I find difficult in this matter is, it may be possible that someone is stupid enough to take (what is to poor SA's) a lot of money in cash with them to meet up with a virtual stranger who is arranging helicopter tours or whatever, even in SA.... but is there anyone in the world dumb enough to arrange a hit on his wife with a taxi driver that he just met in a country that he has never been to before?
Oh, and if anyone wants to know how cheap life really is in SA, watch the Reggie Yates series on BB3 in the UK, especially 'Knife Crime ER'.
