British millionaire accused of honeymoon murder pleads 'not guilty'

CAPE TOWN, South Africa, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- British millionaire and businessman Shrien Dewani entered a plea of "not guilty" on Monday as his murder trial began in Cape Town.

Dewani stands accused of hiring hit men to kill his wife, 28 year-old Anni Dewani, while she was riding in a taxi in Cape Town two weeks after their wedding in November 2010.

The taxi driver, Zola Tongo, confessed in 2010 that Dewani paid him to stage a carjacking and kill his wife. Tongo was sentenced to 18 years in prison, and his two accomplices were also given lengthy sentences.

Dewani has maintained his innocence, insisting that his wife's death was the result of a carjacking and that he had no role in her death.

"Hopefully, we will get all the answers we want," Anni's uncle, Ashok Hindocha, told reporters on the eve of Monday's trial.

Dewani was extradited in April from England to face trial in South Africa, an extradition that was delayed due to his hospitalization for mental health issues that apparently included depression and post-traumatic stress disorder. In August, following psychiatric evaluation, he was found fit to stand trial.