The fifth and final person implicated in Jayde Panayiotou's hit murder has been convicted.
In the Gqeberha high court on Thursday, acting judge Vinesh Naidoo found Luthando Siyoni guilty of murder.
And if the state has already called for a sentence of life imprisonment.
Siyoni, it was found, had acted as the middleman between Christopher Panayiotou and the hitmen who kidnapped her from outside her home and then shot her dead in an open field in KwaNobuhle.
Naidoo said the overwhelming evidence showed how Siyoni, 41, was the one who recruited the killers on behalf of his boss.
Panayiotou's henchman followed through with their plan when they shot and killed Jayde on April 21 2015.
She was kidnapped in front of the Stellen Glen Complex in Kabega Park, where she lived with her husband, and driven to a deserted area near Wincanton Road where she was shot three times.
Siyoni accepted R80,000 from Panayiotou to plan the hit.
After paying the hitmen, he kept R30,000 for himself as his share of the spoils.
Panayiotou is serving a life sentence at the St Albans Prison.
He testified against Siyoni on behalf of the state.
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