No bail for Panayiotou
Murder-accused Christopher Panayiotou has again failed in his bid to get bail after Judge Glenn Goosen denied his appeal in the Grahamstown High Court on Tuesday. Panayiotou‚ 28‚ beefed up his legal team by hiring celebrity advocate Mike Hellens SC after his first bid for bail failed in the Port Elizabeth Magistrate’s Court last month.He is accused of orchestrating the murder of his wife‚ Jayde‚ 29‚ in April this year.It is alleged he paid a bouncer at his Infinity night club‚ Luthando Siyoli‚ 31‚ to hire hitman Sizwezakhe Vumazonke‚ 30‚ to kidnap and murder Jayde.Panayiotou’s counsel Terry Price SC indicated in his initial bail appeal that as the court rolls were packed his client might well have to wait more than a year before his trial could proceed.In his bail appeal‚ his other counsel‚ Mike Hellens SC‚ indicated that Panayiotou would fork out up to R200000 for bail and pay for a private security firm to monitor his every move pending his trial.All three men are in custody and Siyoli has since turned state witness. – The Herald..
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