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State closes its case in Panayiotou murder trial

27 June 2017 - 12:10 By Kathryn Kimberley
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Christopher Panayiotou is charged with having his wife, Jayde, killed.
Christopher Panayiotou is charged with having his wife, Jayde, killed.
Image: Eugene Coetzee/The Herald

The state closed its case in the mammoth Panayiotou murder trial on Tuesday morning.

On Thursday‚ the defence will start to present its case with its first set of witnesses.

Christopher Panayiotou‚ 30‚ is accused of hiring hitmen to kidnap and kill his wife‚ Jayde‚ 29‚ in April 2015.

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Prosecutor Marius Stander shocked the Port Elizabeth High Court when he said he had no further witnesses to call.

The defence had prepared for investigating officer Captain Kanna Swanepoel to once again testify.

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On Tuesday morning‚ the Organised Crime Unit’s Warrant Officer Shane Bosch said neither of the SIM cards of Panayiotou’s co-accused‚ Sinethemba Nemembe or Zolani Sibeko‚ were registered in their names.

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