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Zolani Sibeko lodged his first bail application in the high court in Port Elizabeth last week, arguing that the State did not have a prima facie case against him. But the application was denied on Monday.
Zolani Sibeko charged with Jayde Panayiotou's murder. judgement in his bail application expected shortly @AfriNewsAgency pic.twitter.com/eYXETjJZBU — Raahil Sain (@RaahilSain) December 12, 2016
#PanayiotouTrial: Surprise witness tells how he was asked to supply gun to shoot Jayde https://t.co/KDKkAoqWTA #ZolaniSibeko pic.twitter.com/rX4n8lxaSk — HeraldLIVE (@HeraldPE) December 7, 2016
The bouncer, Luthando Siyoni, turned State witness before the trial, but was declared a hostile witness after refusing to answer the State's questions for two days straight last month.
Panayiotou, Sibeko and co-accused Sinethemba Nenembe have all pleaded not guilty.
Another co-accused, Sizwe Vumazonke, the alleged hitman, died in hospital after slipping into a coma in September, before the trial began.
During Siboke’s bail application last week, his attorney Peter Daubermann argued that the State's case against his client was based on cellphone and vehicle tracking data, and that the State did not even have a cellphone expert as part of their witness list.
Source: News24
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