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Panayiotou denied bail

Murder accused Christopher Panayiotou’s second attempt at bail has been dashed. Panayiotou is accused of hiring two men to murder his 29-year-old wife Jayde in Uitenhage in April. He’d been granted the right to have his bail appeal heard in the Grahamstown High Court after it was denied in the[…]

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Bail for licensing officials facing 118 charges

Four vehicle licensing officials have been released on R3 000 bail after appearing in the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday on 118 charges of fraud, corruption and defeating the ends of justice. Farouk Martin, Sivuyile Charlie and Xolani Qhinga were arrested outside their workplace at the Cape Town Civic[…]

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Bail conditions relaxed for Patel

Three bail conditions imposed on a Limpopo businessman accused of murdering his wife were scrapped by the Polokwane Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday. This after Rameez Patel’s defence lawyer, Tumi Mokwena, argued that his client needed some bail conditions to be relaxed as they were denying him the opportunity to oversee[…]

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Panayiotou denied bail because of ‘flight risk’

Christopher Panayiotou’s dual citizenship with Cyprus, and the fact that he has no dependents, were cited among the reasons he was not granted bail in the Port Elizabeth Magistrate’s Court ahead of his trial for the murder of his wife Jayde. Giving her reasons for not granting him bail on[…]

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Magistrate to give reasons for denying Panayiotou bail

Magistrate Abigail Beeton is expected to provide her reasons at the Port Elizabeth Magistrate’s Court on Friday for denying murder-accused Christopher Panayiotou bail. Panayiotou, who is accused of murdering his wife Jayde Panayiotou, was denied bail on June 5. “The court’s finding is that the applicant has failed to show[…]

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Panayiotou denied bailChris

There was a huge outpouring of relief in the Port Elizabeth Magistrate’s Court on Friday as murder-accused Christopher Panayiotou was denied bail and told to go back to prison to wait to be tried for the murder of his wife Jayde. “The court’s finding is that the applicant has failed[…]

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Panayiotou to hear whether he gets bail

Murder-accused Christopher Panayiotou is expected to hear in the Port Elizabeth Magistrate’s Court on Friday whether he will be granted bail. Magistrate Abigail Beeton said she had hoped to hand down judgment on Thursday and had a draft order for his bail application ready. However, she said she wanted one[…]

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Panayiotou bail judgment due on Friday

Christopher Panayiotou will have to wait one more day to hear if he will be granted bail after being accused of the murder of his wife Jayde. Magistrate Abigail Beeton said she had hoped to hand down judgment on Thursday in the Port Elizabeth Magistrate’s Court and had a draft[…]

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Alleged Polokwane wife killer gets bail

Limpopo businessman Rameez Patel, who is accused of killing his wife Fatima, was released on R250 000 bail by the Polokwane Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday. Magistrate Mohammed Shaik said exceptional circumstances, namely that the couple’s children needed to be looked after, justified his release. Shaik ordered Patel to report to[…]

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Alleged wife killer to hear fate in bail application

Limpopo businessman Rameez Patel will know his fate on Tuesday as Magistrate Mohammed Shaik is set to deliver his verdict on Patel’s bail application. Patel, 29, has already spent 46 days in police cells. He has been seeking to be released on bail since his arrest for the alleged murder[…]

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