Before his extradition , he was held at a secure mental health unit in southwest England . Shrien Dewani is accused of masterminding the slaying of his wife in Cape Town . The court heard that he had been living with her at their home on a farm near Stellenbosch for about two years when she was killed by an axe and then set alight. A taxi driver and two other men have been convicted of the 2010 slaying . The driver says Dewani paid him to carry out the killing and cover it up .
Shrien Dewani is accused of masterminding the slaying of his wife in Cape Town . The court heard that he had been living with her at their home on a farm near Stellenbosch for about two years when she was killed by an axe and then set alight. A taxi driver and two other men have been convicted of the 2010 slaying . The driver says Dewani paid him to carry out the killing and cover it up .