'Depressed' Brit-Indian murder accused Dewani too ill to face extradition process

London, Aug 1 (ANI): Brit- Indian businessman Shrien Dewani, who has been charged with masterminding his wife's murder during their honeymoon in Cape Town last year, needs a year to recover from his depression and post-traumatic stress disorder before he can deal with the extradition process, a court has heard.

Dewani's lawyer Clare Montgomery said he was still mentally unfit to be sent to South Africa where he is to stand trial for the contract killing of his wife, Anni.

Sky News quoted Montgomery as saying that the case hung over Dewani 'like the Sword of Damocles', but he was a suicide risk and not well enough to plead to charges of murder, robbery and obstructing justice.

According to the report, she said that Dewani needed 'a period of calm'.

Dewani has been accused of hiring three local men to kill Anni, 28, during their honeymoon in Cape Town in November, 2010.

Dewani, who denies charges, claims that that their taxi was hijacked and he was thrown out unharmed before his wife was driven off. (ANI)