Jayde panayiotou
2021 brought us the final chapter in Jayde Panayiotou's murder
The last remaining suspect that the State wanted behind bars for the school teacher’s abduction and murder was handed a life sentence only in November.
Luthando Siyoni was initially the key witness in the trial against Christopher Panayiotou, who is already serving a life sentence for orchestrating his wife's murder.
The Gqeberha school teacher was kidnapped and killed in 2015 and her husband Christopher Panayiotou was convicted of orchestrating her murder.
The Uitenhage teacher was kidnapped and killed in April 2015 on the instruction of her husband.
Luthando Siyoni, who worked as a bouncer for Christopher Panayiotou, allegedly found the hitmen who kidnapped and killed his boss’ wife.
Luthando Siyoni appeared in the Port Elizabeth High Court on Thursday.
Christopher Panayiotou is serving a life sentence at the St Albans Correctional Facility in Port Elizabeth but he wants out.
Siyoni previously worked for convicted murderer Christopher Panayiotou and is accused of sourcing hitmen to kill Port Elizabeth teacher Jayde Panayiotou.
Judgment was delivered in Luthando Siyoni's bail application in the Port Elizabeth Magistrate's Court on Monday.
Siyoni is accused of having sought hitmen to kill the Port Elizabeth school teacher in 2015.
The alleged middleman in Jayde Panayiotou’s murder was apprehended in May after he allegedly evaded arrest for several months.
The self-confessed middleman is accused of sourcing hitmen to kill Jayde Panayiotou in 2015, on the orders of her spouse, Christopher Panayiotou.
Luthando Siyoni is believed to have found hitmen to murder Jayde Panayiotou.
Luthando Siyoni appeared in the Port Elizabeth Magistrates Court on Monday on charges of murder and conspiracy to commit murder.
Siyoni is believed to have been instrumental in finding the hitmen who kidnapped and shot dead Jayde Panayiotou in April 2015.
Christopher Panayiotou lawyers brought the application yesterday arguing Judge Dayalin Chetty overlooked vital evidence.
Panayiotou's lawyers brought the application on Wednesday, arguing that Judge Dayalin Chetty overlooked vital evidence.
Panayiotou on Wednesday applied for leave to appeal his life prison sentence which was handed down in November last year.
Prominent cases that have concluded this year include the murder of PE teacher Jayde Panayiotou who was killed in April 2015.