Christopher Panayiotou and his co-accused will appear in E.C High court today

Nontando Mafanya

31 October 2016

The trial of Christopher Panayiotou and his co-accused for the murder of his wife Jayde is expected to continue in the Eastern Cape High Court in Port Elizabeth on Monday. 

Panayiotou, Sinethemba Nenembe and Zolani Sibeko are on trial on charges of conspiring, kidnapping, robbing, and killing Jayde on April 21, 2015. 

They pleaded not guilty.

The alleged hitman, Sizwezakhe Vumazonke, died in September. Jayde Panayiotou, was abducted outside her home in Kabega Park, Port Elizabeth, while waiting for her lift to Riebeeck Park High School on Tuesday, April 21.

She was found shot dead in a veld outside KwaNobuhle Township, Uitenhage, and the following day.