Mistress' best friend also showered with gifts from Panayiotou

Not only did Christopher Panayiotou lavish expensive gifts on his mistress‚ but he also gave presents to his mistress’ best friend too.

Describing him as extremely generous‚ Clarishka Kapp said Panayiotou bought her a Polo handbag‚ a watch from a trip overseas and a cellphone worth R7 000 – gifts similar to those he bought for his mistress‚ Chanelle Coutts.

Defence advocate Terry Price SC told the Port Elizabeth High Court on Monday morning that the murder-accused often bought Jayde similar gifts.

• Holidays, sleepovers and expensive gifts for Panayiotou's mistress - witnessA close friend of murder accused Christopher Panayiotou's mistress has testified how he had sleepovers with her when his wife was away. Clarishka Kapp also testified the affair had predated his marriage and how he had doubts on his wedding day. 

At one stage the court was forced to adjourn when Kapp broke down. Price said Kapp was misleading the court and purposefully left out vital information in her testimony in chief.

Price had attacked much of Kapp's testimony to court on Thursday‚ claiming she had certain dates mixed up.

Price said cellphone billing placed Panayiotou‚ Kapp and Coutts in Port Elizabeth on the weekend of September 29 2014‚ when Kapp claimed they were in George.

• How Jayde died: Pistol-whipped, paralysed and a final shot to the headThe bullet to Jayde Panayiotou’s back would have paralysed her from the waist down‚ causing her to fall over. Her killer then stood about a metre away from her as he fired the final shot to the head. 

Questioning a photograph Coutts allegedly sent Kapp of the two of them in bed together‚ Kapp admitted that the photo was in response to one she had sent to them of herself in the bath.

“It only showed the top half of my body and I had a glass of wine in my hand‚” Kapp said.

 – TMG Digital/The Herald