The state and the defence are this morning expected to wrap up closing arguments in the Anni Dewani murder trial within a trial in the Western Cape High Court.

The state closed its case in the admissibility test of murder accused Xolile Mngeni’s confession statement last week.

The defence has chosen not to call any witnesses. Mngeni has pleaded not guilty to five charges against him, including murder and robbery with aggravating circumstances. His defence wants his confession kept out of evidence because it says Mngeni was tortured and assaulted into making the confession and pointing out the crime scenes.

Anni Dewani was murdered in an apparent hijacking in November 2010, while on honeymoon in Cape Town. Her husband, Shrien, who is fighting extradition to South Africa is the alleged mastermind behind her murder. 

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