Leonie Pretorius
19 July 2016
A fifth suspect in the Jayde Panayiotou murder
is expected to appear in
court today.
The man, in his 30s, was arrested at his home in
Greenbushes in Port Elizabeth on Sunday.
Port Elizabeth businessman,
Christopher Panayiotou, is accused of hiring men to kill his wife for financial
reasons in April last year.
The National Prosecuting
Authority says the new suspect was arrested after cellphone profiling placed
him in the vicinity of Panayiotou’s home on the morning she disappeared.
Two others,
Sizwezakhe Vumazonke and Sinethemba Nenembe, are already set to stand trial
alongside Christopher.
A fifth
suspect, Luthando Siyoli, has turned State’s witness.
It is unclear
whether the latest arrest will affect the trial scheduled for October. A pre-trial hearing will take place next week.
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