Panayiotou murder trial likely to get underway in July

[caption id="attachment_121479" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Christopher Panayiotou, Sizwe Vumazonke and co-accused Sinethemba Nenembe. Picture: Kathryn Kimberley.[/caption]

The Jayde Panayiotou murder trial is likely to get underway in July 2016.

This after Christopher Panayiotou, Sizwezakhe Vumazonke and Sinethemba Nenemba appeared briefly in the Port Elizabeth Magistrate's Court today where the matter was postponed to March 11 for further investigation.

Panayiotou, 28, is accused of orchestrating the murder of his 29-year-old wife, Jayde, in April 2015.  It is alleged he paid Luthando Siyoli, 31, a bouncer at his nightclub in Algoa Park, to hire a hit man, identified as Vumazonke, 30, to murder his wife.

Late in 2015, Nenembe, 28, was also linked to the case. Siyoli has since turned state witness.

Jayde was abducted outside her Kabega Park townhouse complex at about 6.30am on April 21 while waiting for a lift to work.

Her body was found on a farm in Rocklands near Uitenhage the next day.