Cellphone plotting leads to another arrest in Jayde murder case

18 July 2016 - 11:50 By Kathryn Kimberley

Cellphone plotting has apparently resulted in police arresting another person in connection with the murder of Jayde Panayiotou. Zolani “Roxo”‚ who is believed to be in his 30s‚ was taken into custody at his parental home in Greenbushes at 12.15pm on Sunday.He will appear in the Port Elizabeth Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday on charges including murder. Murder accused Panayiotou’s final bid for bail turned downMurder accused Christopher Panayiotou has failed in his final bid for bail with Magistrate Abigail Beeton ruling on Friday that his lawyers failed to present any sufficient new facts.Through cellphone plotting‚ police were allegedly able to place Roxo at Jayde’s Kabega Park residence together with suspected hit men Sizwezakhe Vumazonke and Sinethemba Nemembe on April 15 last year‚ when‚ it is believed‚ they scouted her route to work at Riebeek College in Uitenhage. Panayiotou case postponed yet againThe bail application of murder-accused Christopher Panayiotou was again postponed in the Port Elizabeth Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday.Roxo was again present‚ police allege‚ when the kidnapping was abandoned the following day‚ April 16‚ when the men could not find Jayde.Roxo was arrested by investigating officer Captain Kanna Swanepoel. Panayiotou dismissive of letters his unhappy wife Jayde penned in last months of her life“I don’t know if I can live this life… Why am I not the apple of my husband’s eye‚ why does he hide so much from me and why is it impossible to communicate with him?”Roxo is believed to be Zolani’s mother’s maiden name and police are still trying to determine the correctness of the surname given to them upon his arrest.Jayde’s husband Christopher Panayiotou is accused of ordering the hit on his wife. – TMG Digital/The Herald..

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