(File picture) Shrien Dewani

The judge presiding over the case of Shrien Dewani in a UK court has adjourned the case to 18 September to consider psychiatric reports from experts, according to reports.

 Defence lawyer Clare Montgomery QC asked the Westminster Magistrates Court for the case to be put on hold for a year to enable her client to recover from depression, the BBC reported.

But the case was only adjourned until September, to allow for updated medical evidence to be put before the court.

Chief magistrate Howard Riddle said he wanted to see updated evidence before considering a longer adjournment.

 Tuesday’s hearing was supposed to determine whether Dewani, who is accused of masterminding the murder of his wife Anni while on honeymoon in Cape Town in November 2010, was healthy enough to be extradited to South Africa.

According to an ITV news report, Dewani’s defence quoted his psychiatrist as saying that he had made some progress with his mental health, remains on drug treatment and is in compulsory detention in a psychiatric unit until May 2013.

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