Businessman Shrien Dewani has been extradited to stand trial in South Africa, where he allegedly murdered his wife.
The British born is accused of arranging the murder of his bride, Anni during their honeymoon toCape Town.
Theresa May, the Home Secretary, said that Mr Dewani must go to South Africa to face charges of murder, kidnap, robbery and conspiracy to commit murder.
A British government spokesman told reporters, “The Home Secretary, having carefully considered all relevant matters, signed an order for Shrien Prakash Dewani’s extradition toSouth Africa.”
The widower has 14 days to appeal to the High Court against the decision.
Mr Dewani, who reportedly suffers from post traumatic stress disorder, has fought a 10 month battle to prove his innocence.
He and his wife were married for two weeks when they were held at gunpoint in a taxi they were taking through the town of Gugulethu, on 13 November last year.
The driver and the groom were forced out of the car unharmed, before the gunman sped away in the taxi with Anni still inside.
The bride’s body was found the following day in the abandoned car, with a bullet wound to her neck.
Gunman Zola Tongo confessed to the murder, but claimed that Mr Dewani had paid him to do it.
He also said that the 31 year old haggled over the price of the gunshot through text message from the back of the cab, when his wife was looking through the honeymoon pictures on a digital camera.
Mr Tongo’s confession reduced his sentence and he was sentenced to 18 years in prison in December.
