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8 December 2010
Last updated at 10:36 ET
The husband of a woman who was murdered on her honeymoon in South Africa has appeared in court in relation to her death.
Shrien Dewani, 31, from Bristol, was arrested on Tuesday night on suspicion of conspiring to murder Anni Dewani.
Mrs Dewani, 28, was shot after being kidnapped while in a taxi in Cape Town with her husband last month.
At a hearing at the City of Westminster Magistrates' Court in London Mr Dewani said he did not consent to extradition.
Mr Dewani, of Westbury-on-Trym in Bristol, denies any involvement in the murder.
On Tuesday, taxi driver Zola Tongo told Western Cape High Court he was offered 15,000 rand (£1,400) by Mr Dewani to kill his wife.
Prosecutors claimed in the magistrates' hearing that accounts of what happened led to the conclusion that Mr Dewani was the "main instigator of the plan".
Mr Dewani's lawyer, Clare Montgomery, said his "love for his wife was shown at his wedding".
She added that passport records showed Mr Dewani had not been to South Africa before so could not have arranged to meet Tongo.
He was arrested by officers from the Metropolitan Police's Extradition Unit after he handed himself in at Southmead police station in Bristol.
A warrant for his arrest was issued at the request of the South African authorities.
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Shrien Dewani, 31, from Bristol, was arrested on Tuesday night on suspicion of conspiring to murder Anni Dewani.
Mrs Dewani, 28, was shot after being kidnapped while in a taxi in Cape Town with her husband last month.
At a hearing at the City of Westminster Magistrates' Court in London Mr Dewani said he did not consent to extradition.
Mr Dewani, of Westbury-on-Trym in Bristol, denies any involvement in the murder.
On Tuesday, taxi driver Zola Tongo told Western Cape High Court he was offered 15,000 rand (£1,400) by Mr Dewani to kill his wife.
Prosecutors claimed in the magistrates' hearing that accounts of what happened led to the conclusion that Mr Dewani was the "main instigator of the plan".
Mr Dewani's lawyer, Clare Montgomery, said his "love for his wife was shown at his wedding".
She added that passport records showed Mr Dewani had not been to South Africa before so could not have arranged to meet Tongo.
He was arrested by officers from the Metropolitan Police's Extradition Unit after he handed himself in at Southmead police station in Bristol.
A warrant for his arrest was issued at the request of the South African authorities.
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