<p>   u00a0</p>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   Lawyer Qalisile Matthews Dayimani, for Xolile Mngeni, told the Western Cape High Court on Monday that his client would deny being friends with Mziwamadoda Qwabe, 27.</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   According to News24, he will now tell the court that Qwabe was friends with Mngeni&#39;&#39;s older brother and knew of him only because they lived in the same area.</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   Qwabe, who is serving a 25-year jail term for his role in the murder plot, testified from the stand on Monday that he and Mngeni were friends who acted together in the murder.</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   He claimed Mngeni had been with him at his home when he received a call from an ex co-worker on 12 November 2010, saying a friend needed &lsquo;a job&rsquo; done.</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   According to the report, Dayimani put it to the court that Mngeni would deny being at Qwabe&#39;&#39;s home that night.</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   &ldquo;The accused before court will deny the assertion... that he had had discussions with you over whether he would do the job and the amount paid,&rdquo; the lawyer said.</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   He would also deny receiving a call from Qwabe the next day to meet him and shuttle driver Zola Tongo, to discuss the hit.</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   &ldquo;The accused... would say you called him and enquired from him if he can get buyers for a cellphone you were selling,&rdquo; Dayimani asked.u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   Dewani was shot dead in an apparent hijacking in Cape Town on November 132010, while on honeymoon with her husband Shrien.</div>  

A man accused of shooting Indian-origin bride Anni Dewani will deny the allegations that he and one of her convicted murderers had ever been friends, a court has heard

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