NOT GUILTY South Africa - Anni Dewani, 28, shot to death, Gugulethu, 13 Nov 2010 #5

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vanessa poonah ‏@vanessapoonah01 1 min1 minute ago

#DewaniTrial AM: took them 2 attempts to get from Khayelitsha to Gugulethu... Not professional hitmen. #sabcnews

vanessa poonah ‏@vanessapoonah01 1 min1 minute ago

#DewaniTrial ..... Easy money. Someone had to be killed, and they would get R15'k. Fact is on the evidence, discussions in vehicle#sabcnews

vanessa poonah ‏@vanessapoonah01 51 secs52 seconds ago

#DewaniTrial ... No discussion, who was going to do it, how they would do it.. #sabcnews

 

[zwiebel]

vanessa poonah ‏@vanessapoonah01 1 min1 minute ago

#DewaniTrial Judge: You're relying on conspiracy, not so? AM: Tongo becomes the agent... Accused has limited time here.. #sabcnews

 

[zwiebel]

Alex Crawford ‏@AlexCrawfordSky 1 min1 minute ago

#DewaniTrial And the Judge gets to the crux of it: given the muddled conspiracy, would the accused have gone along with it?

 

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Ruth Maclean ‏@ruthmaclean 2 mins2 minutes ago

Mopp on #Dewani: "One doesn't know what pressure he's under to ensure this (Anni's murder) happens before he left the country" #DewaniTrial

 

[JudgeJudi]

Leigh-Anne Jansen @LA_JANSEN · 29s 30 seconds ago
#DewaniTrial Mopp: He had to rely on Tongo that things are in place

Mopp: The witnesses are in agreement. Someone had to be killed and there was a fee of R15000. Much the same as deal that Sat.

#DewaniTrial Paragraph 123: Differences between telephonic communication between Tongo and Qwabe

 

[zwiebel]

Aislinn Laing ‏@Simmoa 2 mins2 minutes ago

Mopp: They were thinking about getting the job done to get the money. It's as simple as that. #DewaniTrial

 

[JudgeJudi]

Leigh-Anne Jansen @LA_JANSEN · 25s 25 seconds ago
#DewaniTrial Mopp: It's more than probable that HE (Qwabe) is mistaken (about the payment arrangements)


Greetings all from the land of Oz.

 

[zwiebel]

Crucially, I think the judge is not accepting Dewani had a motive here, as well as not accepting the reliability of the witnesses. She will dismiss the charges, I think.

 

[zwiebel]

kevinjohnbrandt ‏@kevinjohnbrandt 3 mins3 minutes ago

Shrien Dewani hands his defence team a written note, via brother, Preyen #DewaniTrial @ANN7tv

 

[zwiebel]

Amanda Watson ‏@amandzing1 2 mins2 minutes ago Cape Town

#DewaniTrial AM - sms's between accused and Tongo show Acc was controlling things. Dewani sister Preyal shakes her head, brow furrowed

 

[PrimeSuspect]

Crucially, I think the judge is not accepting Dewani had a motive here, as well as not accepting the reliability of the witnesses. She will dismiss the charges, I think.

It looks like it Z. Judge is interrupting Mopp a lot, so she's not happy.

 

[zwiebel]

Alex Crawford ‏@AlexCrawfordSky 2 mins2 minutes ago

#DewaniTrial Dewani is mouthing 'oh my God' as he listens to the State say the accused was controlling things

 

[JudgeJudi]

Leigh Jansen @LA_JANSEN · 18s 19 seconds ago
#DewaniTrial Page 53, paragraph 131... "Tongo does appear to exaggerate that the accused wants the transaction to be done"

#DewaniTrial Traverso: That could be deadly for the accused if that it to be upheld. Mopp: If his intention was to persist with that (in his affidavit - death threats) he could've done that. He didn't. He didn't want to cloud the court's mind

#DewaniTrial Traverso: Is the State persisting that this money was exchanged to pay the killers? Mopp: Part of the money that was exchanged would've been required to pay for the hit. Traverso: Where is that evidence? Mopp: It's an inference we can draw, My Lady

 

[zwiebel]

Leila Samodien ‏@Leila_Luck 2 mins2 minutes ago

#DewaniTrial Judge Traverso interrupting Mopp quite often to clarify/ask questions.

 

[JudgeJudi]

Leigh-Anne Jansen @LA_JANSEN · 3s 3 seconds ago
#DewaniTrial Traverso: That is not my question. Is the State persisting that that money was to pay the killers? Mopp: Yes, My Lady

Traverso is interjecting a lot, too much IMO. She's not exactly pro-Mopp, is she? I don't like her use of that word at all.

 

[zwiebel]

News24 ‏@News24 2 mins2 minutes ago

#DewaniTrial Mopp: State's case: Dewani exchanged dollars, got R10 200. Previous evening exchanged R8k.

 

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kevinjohnbrandt ‏@kevinjohnbrandt 1 min1 minute ago

Traverso, so you're asking the court to find, Mr Dewani, as a co-conspirator was robbed of R4000 ? #DewaniTrial @ANN7tv

 

[zwiebel]

News24 ‏@News24 2 mins2 minutes ago

#DewaniTrial Judge: Dewani, as co-conspirator, robbed of his R4k? Mopp: If you engage yourself with criminals, they seize opportunity.

(Me: I'm surprised state is conceding that Dewani was robbed.)

 

[PrimeSuspect]

Leigh-Anne Jansen @LA_JANSEN · 3s 3 seconds ago
#DewaniTrial Traverso: That is not my question. Is the State persisting that that money was to pay the killers? Mopp: Yes, My Lady

Traverso is interjecting a lot, too much IMO. She's not exactly pro-Mopp, is she?

She was getting mad with him from the first day about the audio equipment. I don't think she approves of the state's case, and finds it tedious to even go through with it. She might as well put the kibosh on it. JMO

 

[zwiebel]

Roy McKenzie ‏@RoyMcK 1 min1 minute ago Cape Town

Mopp's voice gets higher and higher as he tries to argue a point #DewaniTrial

Aislinn Laing ‏@Simmoa 1 min1 minute ago

Mopp squeaks: “In for a penny in for a pound! If you engage with criminals, you don’t know what’s going to happen!” #DewaniTrial