Jayde's sister stares Panayiotou down

28 May 2015 - 02:14 By Riaan Marais

With emotions running high in the Port Elizabeth Magistrate's Court, the sister of slain Jayde Panayiotou yesterday stood staring at the man accused of masterminding her murder - as if daring him to look at her. But Christopher Panayiotou did not react.Toni Inggs and her mother, Michelle, were in court for the first time since Panayiotou's first court appearance on May 4.Jayde was abducted outside her Kabega Park townhouse complex at about 6.30am on April 27 while waiting for a lift to work. Her body was found on a farm in Rocklands, near Uitenhage, the next day.Panayiotou, 28, is suspected of paying Luthando Siyoli, 31, a large sum of money to organise someone to murder his wife. Siyoli, in turn, allegedly hired Sizwezakhe Vumazonke, 30, to carry out the hit.It was after an adjournment, when Panayiotou was brought back into court, that Toni remained standing - long after everyone else had taken their seats. She stared at the man she had known as a brother-in-law, seemingly trying to get his attention. but Panayioutou stared straight ahead.Prosecutor Marius Stander accused Panayioutou of deliberately getting rid of potentially incriminating evidence. He challenged the defence's claims that Panayiotou had merely wanted to hide his extramarital affair with Chanelle Coutts, an employee at the OK Grocer he managed, when he had wiped their phones clean.Stander said if that was the case he could simply have deleted any evidence of the affair...

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