Panayiotou back in court

Sizwezakhe Vumazonke, the third suspect was allegedly the man hired to shoot and killed Jayde Panayiotou. File photo
Sizwezakhe Vumazonke, the third suspect was allegedly the man hired to shoot and killed Jayde Panayiotou. File photo (Eugene Coetzee, The Herald PE)

Members of murder-accused Christopher Panayiotou’s family were waiting inside court for Panayiotou and his co-accused Sizwezakhe Vumazonke to appear on Thursday morning.

Panayiotou and Vumazonke were expected back in court after the case against them was postponed earlier this year for further investigation.

Alleged middleman Luthando Siyoli is not expected at court as the charges against him were withdrawn earlier this week.

Members of the media were waiting outside the court to hear if photographers and film crews would be allowed inside.

Panayiotou is suspected of paying Siyoli‚ 31‚ a large sum of money to organise someone to murder his wife.

Siyoli in turn allegedly hired Vumazonke to carry out the hit.

Jayde was abducted outside her Kabega Park townhouse complex at about 6.30am on April 21.

Her body was found on a farm in Rocklands near Uitenhage the next day. – RDM News Wire, The Herald