Panayiotou murder case postponed until May 3
The case against murder-accused Christopher Panayiotou and his co-accused was on Monday once again postponed in the Port Elizabeth Magistrate's Court. Almost a year after the abduction and murder of Jayde Panayiotou‚ the case against Jayde's husband Christopher and his co-accused Sizwezakhe Vumazonke and Sinethemba Nenemba was put off till May 3 in order for Legal Aid to get copies of the docket.Panayiotou‚ 28‚ allegedly orchestrated his wife's murder in April last year. It is alleged he paid Luthando Siyoli‚ 31‚ to a hire hit man‚ identified as Vumazonke‚ 30‚ to murder his wife.Nenemba‚ 28‚ was linked to the case late in 2015. Siyoli has since turned state witness.In a case that shocked the city last year‚ Jayde was abducted outside her Kabega Park townhouse complex in Port Elizabeth on April 21‚ 2015.After an extensive search ‚ her body was found on a farm in Rocklands near Uitenhage the next day. ..
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