“I need to do what’s best for my client. If this goes the wrong way, my client could be sentenced to life in prison,” an emotional Price said.
He said he felt like Panayiotou’s right to a fair trial had been prejudiced.
The shock bid to have the judge removed from the case comes after Price’s application for a postponement was shot down by the court.
Price had asked the Port Elizabeth High Court for some time to consult with his seniors.
Chetty found the secret recording – in which Panayiotou, 30, chats to self-confessed middleman Luthando Siyoni shortly after the murder of Panayiotou’s wife Jayde – to be admissible following a lengthy trial-within-a-trial.
