Chanelle Coutts

Port Elizabeth - Christopher Panayiotou's alleged mistress, Chanelle Coutts, will give evidence in the case against him for the murder of his wife, Jayde, Netwerk24 reported. State Prosecutor Marius Stander revealed in the Port Elizabeth Magistrate’s Court on Thursday that Coutts, believed to have been having an extra-marital affair with Panayiotou over the past three years, will be called as a State witness. Coutts will testify that Panayiotou, 28, was involved in the murder of his wife, … [Read more...] about Coutts to testify against Panayiotou

Port Elizabeth - Christopher Panayiotou killed his wife Jayde to stop getting further into debt as he was trying to keep his mistress happy, a Port Elizabeth magistrate’s court heard on Thursday. “The motive for killing the deceased is actually very simple,” investigating officer Lieutenant Rhynhardt Swanepoel said in affidavit, read to the court by prosecutor Marius Stander. “The applicant was in financial difficulty. He hardly managed to keep head above water. He was now in the process … [Read more...] about Affair and Debt led to murder

Christopher Panayiotou, accused of master-minding the murder of his wife Jayde, had an on and off relationship with his employee Chanelle Coutts. This was according to his lawyer Alwyn Griebenow on Wednesday, Netwerk24 reported. On speculation that Coutts could be pregnant, Griebenow said: "If she is pregnant Christopher is not aware of it." Coutts's lawyer, Danie Coutts, dismissed the rumours of pregnancy and tests as "absurd". Coutts, the personnel manager at the OK Grocer in Algoa … [Read more...] about Panayiotou relationship confirmed