Brit-Indian businessman Shrien Dewani, who allegedly killed his bride during their honeymoon in South Africa, has launched an attempt to take his case to the Supreme Court after a judge ruled he should be extradited to South Africa.
It is the latest bid to stop Dewani being sent back to face trial over the murder of his wife Anni in a town outside Cape Town in November 2010.
According to news24, lawyers for the 33-year-old, who has suffered from depression and post-traumatic stress disorder since his wife's murder, had argued that his mental health is too fragile.
Chief Magistrate Howard Riddle has ruled to extradite Dewani, but had to reconsider the position after two senior High Court judges allowed an appeal in March last year, the report said.
According to the report, Dewani's lawyers lodged an application at the High Court for the two judges there to certify that their ruling raised 'a point of law of general public importance' for consideration by the Supreme Court, the highest court in Britain.
John Thomas and Duncan Ouseley said it would be "unjust and oppressive" to remove him until Dewani recovered.
