hearing resumes in honeymoon killing case - CNN International

London (CNN) -- An extradition hearing resumed Monday in the case of a British man wanted in South Africa on suspicion of arranging the murder of his wife.

Shrien Dewani, 31, from Bristol is accused of conspiring with a South African taxi driver to kill Anni Dewani, 28, while the couple were on honeymoon in the country.

Taxi driver Zola Tongo has confessed that he hired two men to kill Anni Dewani in November last year.

But in a plea deal with South African authorities he said he was paid by Shrien Dewani to carry out the hit, and make it look like the couple were the victims of a car hijacking as they were driving through a township on the edge of Cape Town.

Extradition proceedings were halted in May this year while the court waited for a psychiatric report on Dewani to be finished.

He is said to be suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and is being held in a secure mental unit.

Hearing the extradition request at Woolwich Crown Court in southeast London, Judge Howard Riddle began by granting Dewani bail.

Queen's Counsel Clare Montgomery, acting for Dewani, then questioned a former South African judge, Deon van Zyl, about conditions in South African jails.

One of the defense's arguments against extradition is that Dewani would not be safe in South African custody.

Montgomery quoted figures from a South African report suggesting that almost half of prisoners believe sexual abuse is a feature of life in South African jails.

This particular defense argument has become more controversial after several British media reports suggesting Dewani might have had sexual liasons with a male prostitute.

His family has strongly denied those suggestions.

Three more days of hearings are scheduled before the judge makes a decision whether to approve extradition.