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[BREAKING] Christopher Panayiotou given life sentence for killing wife Jayde
Wife killer Christopher Panayiotou has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of his wife Jayde Panayiotou.
CAPE TOWN - Wife killer Christopher Panayiotou has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of his wife Jayde Panayiotou.
[BREAKING] #ChristopherPanayiotou sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of his wife, Jayde.
— EWN Reporter (@ewnreporter) November 24, 2017
#PanayiotouTrial Chetty has sentenced Sinethemba Nenembe to life imprisonment plus 15 years for the murder, & Zolani Sibeko to 15 years for conspiracy to commit murder.
— EWN Reporter (@ewnreporter) November 24, 2017
He and his co-accused were found guilty of plotting and executing the school teacher's 2015 murder.
Judge Daylin Chetty said: "On count four, the murder of Jayde, accused number one and accused number three are sentenced to imprisonment for life."
#PanayiotouTrial Chetty labels the money provided by Panayiotou for his co-accused to have Jayde killed as "blood money."
— EWN Reporter (@ewnreporter) November 24, 2017
His co-accused Sinethemba Nemembe was handed a life sentence for his role in the murder.
The third remaining co-accused, Zolani Sibeko, was sentenced to 15 years.
Judge Chetty pulled no punches during his sentencing.
He said Panayiotou's expression of grief when Jayde's body was found was nothing more than "crocodile tears" and described the the crime as "abhorrent".
#PanayiotouTrial Chetty delivered sentencing after scathing words for the wife killer, #ChristopherPanayiotou, calling his actions "disingenuous."
— EWN Reporter (@ewnreporter) November 24, 2017
At the same time, Reeva Steenkamp's parents have sent their love to Jayde Panayiatou's parents after her husband, Chris, was sentenced to life in prison for her murder.
Moments before sentencing was handed down in the Port Elizabeth High Court in Panayiotou’s case, the SCA in Bloemfontein handed down a judgment changing Oscar Pistorius's jail term.
Both Jayde and Steenkamp were from Port Elizabeth.
The Steenkamps' lawyer, Tania Koen, says the family has been in touch with the Ings family.
“They have sent all their love to the Ings family because they feel that although justice was serviced for Jayde, they know the Ings family will still miss Jayde every day.”
(Edited by Shimoney Regter)
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