JOHANNESBURG, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- The British businessman suspected of having his wife murdered during their honeymoon in South Africa last month reportedly visited the country a week before his wife's death.
The Afrikaans-language daily newspaper Beeld reported on its website late on Friday that it had reliably learned that the 30 year-old Shrien Dewani arrived at Cape Town International Airport on the night of November 6.
The newspaper's source could not say how long Dewani stayed in Cape Town or when he left the country.
Dewani had earlier claimed that he had not visited South Africa before arriving in the country with his new bride on Nov. 12 for their honeymoon.
His wife Anni, 28, was murdered on Nov. 13 as she and Dewani honeymooned in the popular tourist city in the Western Cape province.
Dewani claimed that they were hijacked by two men who threw him and the driver of the shuttle bus they were travelling in out of the vehicle.
Anni's body was found in the shuttle bus the next day.
Earlier this week the driver, Zola Tongo, reached a plea agreement with the State, claiming that Dewani had asked him to arrange a hit on his wife.
"I understood that he wanted someone, a woman, killed," Tongo explained as part of his plea agreement.
Dewani allegedly paid the two "hijackers" 15, 000 rand (2, 200 U.S. dollars) for killing Anni, and the driver 1, 000 rand (146 U.S. dollars) for his part in the plot.
The two other men arrested in connection with the crime remain in police custody.
Dewani was arrested by British police earlier this week after a request by the South African authorities.
He was granted 250, 000 pounds sterling bail on Friday in the High Court in London, England.
The South African Press Association reported that South Africa's National Prosecuting Authority would continue to prepare extradition papers for Dewani.
He has denied having anything to do with his wife's murder.
