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Dewani, who has been held in a psychiatric hospital in Bristol, was considered too ill to sit in the dock to hear the case against him by the South African authorities, who claimed that he ordered the carjacking and shooting that left his new wife, Anni, dead in the back of a taxi.

When they arrived at the hotel, Dewani allegedly spoke to Tongo alone and asked him if knew anyone who could take a "client" of his "off the scene". Tongo, who later admitted his part in the alleged plot, claimed Dewani said he would pay 15,000 rand (£1,370) for the murder.

The alleged fake carjacking took place on the night of Saturday 13 November, the court was told.

They quickly found and arrested the two gunmen and, on 20 November, Tongo handed himself in, telling the police as part of a plea bargain that the killing had allegedly been set up by Dewani. By that time Dewani had left South Africa.

One claim is that he has been exercising strenuously to exacerbate a physical condition that means he has not been given anti-depressant drugs. Dewani's team denies he has deliberately made his condition worse and Cantrell said he believed he had been exercising to seek relief from his torment.

It was up to Riddle to decide if those demands took precedence over Dewani's illness and the terrible conditions he might face in a South African prison.

A court in South Africa heard earlier this month that one of the men accused of carrying out the murder, Xolile Mngeni, may never face trial because he has a malignant brain tumour.