I picked up on one of the news media sites that Jayde’s husband Christopher Panayiotou is to apply for bail tomorrow. After two weeks in jail, I can imagine that he is pushing his lawyer to get him out as soon as possible. The case was remanded until 19th June when Christopher and his 2 accomplices will appear in court. All three have been charged with several offences including murder, kidnapping, robberywith aggravating circumstances and conspiracy to commit murder. 
I really hope that this guy doesn’t get bail. From what I’ve read, he is a threat to society, he is a flight risk and according to some reports, he has been on ‘suicide watch.’ Letting him out, regardless of the conditions, gives him freedom, something he (allegedly) viciously snatched from his wife.
There are always two sides to every story, but this one seems to have cut and dried evidence. I’m glad to hear the NPA have said they will deny bail.
Port Elizabeth is alive with anger. They are a community outraged at the events that led up to Jayde’s death. Banking on the high crime rate in South Africa, it appears that Christopher Panayiotou believed the same strategy that got Shrien Dewani off, would work for him. Arrange a hit on your wife, set it up to look like a violent South African tragedy. If you get caught, hopefully the police will bungle the investigation and you will get off. Put up with the interim incarceration – stick it out – you will soon be a free man.
From www.telegraph.co.uk
It is nothing less than inhumane to think that someone could actually plot something like this.
But if Panayiotou is guilty and does get off, he will still be in shackles. He will know what he has done. It will haunt him.
Proverbs 28:17 comes to mind:
A man who is laden with the guilt of human blood will be a fugitive until death; let no one support him.
On previous occasions when I have let wrath flow across the page of my blog, I have been (albeit kindly and lovingly) reprimanded by some. They have reminded me that, as Bible believing followers of Christ, our aim in life should be to glorify God and desire for all people to come to a knowledge of Him.
The guilty murderers of this life need a Saviour as much as I do.
While it is a big pill to swallow, it is true.
My heart bleeds for Jayde’s family. It also bleeds for Christopher’s.
This is not how it was supposed to be.
In the end, justice will be done.
“Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be Your Name, Your kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven….”
God will have the final say.
Always.
In His Grip,
Helga