This emerged yesterday as Panayiotou’s husband, Christopher, appeared in the Port Elizabeth Magistrate’s Court charged with murder, conspiracy to commit murder, and kidnapping and robbery with aggravated circumstances.
A third man was taken into custody on Sunday.
Sizwezakhe Vumazonke, 30, appeared before Magistrate Jan van der Westhuizen in the Port Elizabeth Magistrate’s Court this morning with bruising to the right side of his face.
When asked by van der Westhuizen what happened to his face, Vumazonke claimed to have been assaulted by police.