British businessman Shrien Dewani was on his way to Dubai on Tuesday a day after a South African judge cleared him of arranging the murder of his wife on their honeymoon.
Dewani, who had always denied plotting to arrange the shooting of his bride in the back of their taxi while on honeymoon in November 2010, left Cape Town International Airport on a flight to Dubai.
It was unclear what his plans are when he arrives in Dubai but he was photographed accompanied by his brother Preyen and sister in law Krippa entering the first class section of the Emirates plane to Dubai.
On Monday, Judge Jeanette Traverso dismissed the case against him, after describing evidence from prosecution witnesses as “riddled with contradictions”.
Dewani has been in Cape Town since being extradited from the UK in April.
Judge Traverso said claims by the chief prosecution witness, cab driver Zola Tongo, about the murder were also “highly debatable” and the evidence from the prosecution was “far below” the required threshold.
Three men – Tongo, Mziwamadoda Qwabe and gunman Xolile Mngeni – have already been convicted for their part in the murder.
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