Family of murdered bride Anni Dewani call for husband to 'be a man and tell us what happened' after coroner's decision NOT to hold a full inquest into her death

• Father and uncle speaking after hearing that coroner will not probe death 
• Her husband Shrien was cleared of her murder in 2014 after trial collapsed
• Anni's father Vinod Hindocha wants to hear his explanation of events
• Demands he now speaks publicly about events leading up to her death

The family of Anni Dewani (right) have urged her husband Shrien (left) to reveal what happened on the night of her death

The family of murdered bride Anni Dewani have demanded her husband 'be a man' and explain publicly his recollection of events of the day she was killed.

Mrs Dewani's father Vinod Hindocha and uncle Ashock Hindocha were speaking outside the North

London Coroner's Court this morning after being informed that there will not be a full inquest into Anni's 2010 death.

The Swedish-raised engineer was shot dead as she toured a rough suburb of Cape Town, South Africa, while on her honeymoon with new husband Shrien Dewani on November 13, 2010.

Three men - Zola Tongo, Mziwamadoda Qwabe and Xolile Mngeni – were given jail terms for their role in the killing.

They claimed Mr Dewani arranged the hijacking in which he would survive and his wife would die.

However, the Bristol businessman's trial collapsed half-way through when Cape Town judges ruled the evidence provided by the three men was flawed.

He was acquitted in December last year.

At no point during court proceedings, however, was Mr Dewani forced to testify, a decision his late wife's family criticised when the case fell apart.

They had hoped that her husband would have been forced to reveal his side of the story at an inquest into her death today in London.

But that won't happen, after the coroner decided that no probe will be carried into how she died. 

Coroner Andrew Walker told the family that Mr Dewani has a right not to answer questions that may incriminate himself and raised doubts over whether an inquest will take place.

He said: 'My view, members of the family, is that in these circumstances it would serve no purpose to hold an inquest because I would not be able to answer the questions that an inquest sets out to answer.

'I'm going to direct that your questions are sent to Mr Dewani and Mr Dewani is to indicate whether he would be prepared to answer those questions.' 

Speaking outside the Coroner's Court, Anni's father Vinod Hindocha, 66 - when asked if he'd like to say anything to Mr Dewani - said: 'Be a man and come forward. Say something.'

Anni Dewani's father Vinod Hindocha (right) and uncle Ashock (left) were speaking outside the North London Coroner's Court after being informed that there will not be a full inquest into Anni's 2010 death

They had hoped such a probe would allow them to hear Shrien Dewani's interpretation of events on the day Anni was killed. They've now asked he 'be a man' and speak publicly about her death

His brother Ashock Hindocha, 55, added: 'If Shrien Dewani wants our family to suffer more - if he has pleasure in doing so - then he won't give any answers.

'I cannot comment on any justice system in the world but all I can say is that Anni did not get a fair trial in South Africa. Witnesses were not properly heard and the case has a lot of gaps.

'We were hoping we might get answers here. We do have more options left.

'If he's man enough he should come and end this misery for us. Tell us what happened. He is a free man now - what else is there to be afraid of? Just tell us what happened and we can move on with our lives.

'Be a man. Come forward and tell us what happened that day.'

Asked if he was disappointed by today's pre-inquest hearing, Mr Hindocha said: 'We're not disappointed. South Africa was the disappointment of our lives - we can't get any more disappointed. We were here to listen, and didn't bring our attorney.

A South African court in December cleared Mr Dewani (pictured) of involvement in his wife's murder, but there were complaints from Anni's family that the Bristol-based businessman was not forced to testify

Shrien Dewani was acquitted of her murder last year when the South African trial collapsed half-way through, having opened with his lawyer dramatically revealing that the businessman from Bristol was bisexual

'But we will next time we're here and see what we'll get out of it.'

Anni's father added: 'I hope I get closure. If he's a man he should come forward.'

Dewani's South African trial was riddled with delays, while swathes of evidence were dismissed or considered irrelevant to the case.

It was alleged that he arranged for the car he and his wife were travelling in to be hijacked, in a planned attack in which he would survive and his wife would be killed.

The 34-year-old Bristol businessman fought a four year UK court battle against extradition before being sent to South Africa to face trial accused of instigating a plot to have her murdered.

Anni , who was 28, was not sexually assaulted or raped according to the post mortem, but she was shot through the hand and neck, possibly as she lay face down in the taxi

Prosecutors alleged that he was bisexual - a claim confirmed by Mr Dewani's own lawyer - and arranged his wife's murder to cover up for his double life as a client of sadomasochistic male prostitutes.

German prostitute Leopold Leisser was lined up to testify about bisexual Mr Dewani's double life, but his court appearance was reduced to little more than a 15-minute offering after the judge decided it contributed little to the evidence already submitted as part of Mr Dewani's witness statement.

A self-confessed middle man Monde Mbolombo was granted immunity by the state for testifying against the Briton.

Mr Dewani, who had spent eight months undergoing treatment at a hospital on the edge of Cape Town after being extradited to South Africa, was not called to give evidence in his own defence.

He returned to England at the conclusion of the case without ever commenting in public. He has always denied any involvement in his wife's murder.

He claimed he and his wife were kidnapped as they toured the township and they were victims of a random kidnapping.

He said his life was spared as the two gunmen pushed him out of the vehicle window, after the driver had been freed.

Anni , who was 28, was not sexually assaulted or raped according to the post mortem, but she was shot through the hand and neck, possibly as she lay face down in the taxi.

Dewani's trial heard her death would have been instant and 'within a few heartbeats.'

Speaking earlier this week, her father Vinod made an impassioned plea to his daughter's former husband, asking that he take any chance given to him at a potential inquest to speak publicly about what happened on the night of her death.

He said: ‘He was cleared of Anni’s murder in South Africa last year after half a trial. The judge didn’t allow him to make a defence and finished the trial which was very difficult for us.

‘Now the British courts can afford us the whole story and we urge Shrien to take the witness stand.

‘He owes it to us and at the very least to Anni. If he doesn’t take this opportunity, he will always live with our questions and those of hundreds of thousands of people across the world hanging over him.’

Anni who was born in Sweden had written emails and texts to her family in the days before her murder, saying she was unhappy and mentioned divorce.

At one stage during their engagement she had thrown her ring at him and labelled him 'Hitler' and called off the wedding.

In the final telephone call to her father from honeymoon in Cape Town, she had told him: 'Papa, I have a lot to tell you when I see you.'

Her family believe she was to inform them of Dewani's secret sex life and preferences. 

Dewani, a millionaire businessman whose family run care homes in Bristol, says the claims that he had any part in his wife's murders were nonsense and they were deeply in love.