Jayde Panayiotou murder: Middleman’s girlfriend spilled the beans

Alleged middleman Luthando Siyoni’s girlfriend was the first one to cave in during questioning – telling a policeman everything she knew about Uitenhage schoolteacher Jayde Panayiotou’s murder.

Siyoni and his girlfriend‚ Babalwa Breakfast‚ had been placed in separate rooms after being taken in for questioning days after Jayde’s murder.

The revelation about Breakfast’s capitulation is contained in an affidavit by the policeman behind the arrest of Siyoni. Captain Willie Mayi also reveals in the affidavit that a police informant had initially tipped him off about a businessman who had allegedly orchestrated the murder of his wife.

After being given the names of Siyoni and Breakfast‚ Mayi took them in for questioning.

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He said Breakfast spilt the beans on her boyfriend‚ giving him enough ammunition to arrest Siyoni.

Mayi’s affidavit‚ of which The Herald has a copy‚ will form part of the state’s case against Jayde’s husband‚ Christopher‚ 30‚ when it goes to trial in the Port Elizabeth High Court in October.

Panayiotou is accused of paying employee Siyoni to hire hitmen Sizwezakhe “Sizwe” Vumazonke and Sinethemba Nemembe to kidnap and murder Jayde in April last year.

The affidavit was handed to the Port Elizabeth Magistrate’s Court by Panayiotou’s lawyers on Friday as part of his bail application on new facts.

– TMG Digital/The Herald