NATIONAL NEWS - The defence team for murder accused Christopher Panayiotou on Tuesday told the Port Elizabeth magistrate’s court that the plot to kill Jayde Panayiotou was initiated by Luthando Siyoni.
Panayiotou is accused of orchestrating the murder of his wife‚ Jayde, in April last year. It is alleged he paid a bouncer at his Infinity night club‚ Luthando Siyoni, to hire hitman Sizwezakhe Vumazonke to kidnap and murder Jayde.
The state alleges that Sinethemba Nenembe assisted the alleged hitman Vumazonke to kidnap and kill Jayde at the behest of her husband.
During a bail application based on new facts at the Port Elizabeth magistrate’s court on Tuesday, Defence Advocate Terry Price, read out parts of Panayiotou’s 67 page affidavit.
He indicated that there were contradictions in Siyoni’s statements made to police at the time of his arrest.
