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Coroner Rules Against Anni Dewani Inquest

A coroner has ruled there is not "sufficient cause to resume an inquest" into the death of murdered bride Anni Dewani.

Millionaire businessman Shrien Dewani was cleared last year of orchestrating the honeymoon killing of his 28-year-old wife.

She was shot as the couple drove through the outskirts of Cape Town, South Africa, in November 2010.

Mrs Dewani's family argued that there were still many unanswered questions about how she was killed and asked for a full inquest to resume.

But at North London Coroner's Court, Senior Coroner Andrew Walker said: "I don't have sufficient cause to resume an inquest.

"In these proceedings, the matter will now rest."

He added that if new evidence comes to light, it would be open to the family to write to the Attorney General and request matters be reopened.

Mr Walker told the court that he was "prohibited" from reaching a conclusion which was inconsistent with the findings of the South African courts.

Representing Mrs Dewani's family, Christopher Staker had submitted that "as a result of the proceedings in South Africa, in this case, more questions have been raised than have been answered".

Mr Dewani did not attend the hearing.

A judge threw out the case against him last year because it was "riddled with inconsistencies".

He walked free before he was asked to give evidence and so has never spoken publicly about his wife's death.

Before the trial collapsed a prosecution witness, a male prostitute, told the court he had sex with Mr Dewani.

The sex worker said Mr Dewani had wanted to call off the forthcoming wedding.

Three local men were jailed for the murder.