Panayiotou lawyers to appeal bail ruling
Lawyers for murder accused Christopher Panayiotou have filed their notice to appeal the ruling in which Panayiotou was denied bail. Panayiotou‚ 28‚ is accused of orchestrating his wife Jayde’s abduction and murder‚ along with Luthando Siyoli‚ 31‚ and Sizwezakhe Vumazonke‚ 30.Panayiotou was denied bail by the Port Elizabeth Magistrate’s Court on June 5 this year.Jayde was abducted outside her Kabega Park townhouse complex at about 6.30am on April 21 while waiting for a lift to work.Her body was found on a farm in Rocklands near Uitenhage the next day.Panayiotou is suspected of paying Siyoli a large sum of money to organise someone to murder his wife. Siyoli‚ in turn‚ allegedly hired Vumazonke to carry out the hit. - RDM News Wire, The Herald..
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