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Wife killer Jason Rohde to live in Plettenberg Bay after bail ruling
His legal team is now scrambling to get him out of custody as soon as possible following the SCA’s decision to release him on R200,000 bail on Wednesday.
Rohde's serving an effective 20-year jail term for killing his wife Susan and then tampering with the crime scene to make it look like she committed suicide.
Jason Rohde's legal team filed an application earlier today for leave to appeal Thurday's bail dismissal by the Western Cape High Court.
On Thursday, the Western Cape High Court dismissed Rohde's bail application which he was hoping to get pending an SCA application to have his conviction and sentence overturned.
Rohde was hoping to be freed from Drakenstein prison, pending the outcome of his appeal but his bail application failed on Thursday.
Rohde was hoping to be granted bail while he waited for his appeal against his conviction and sentence to be heard.
Rohde, who's serving his jail sentence at the Drakenstein Prison, wanted to be released after he was granted leave to appeal by the Supreme Court of Appeal last month.
Rohde, who's serving his jail sentence at the Drakenstein Prison, wants to be released after he was granted leave to appeal by the Supreme Court of Appeal last month.
Rohde was handed a 20-year sentence in February this year after the Western Cape High Court found he had strangled her and then staged the murder scene to make it look like she had committed suicide.
The property mogul killed Susan Rohde in Stellenbosch in 2016 and staged her suicide.
Rohde’s legal team has now indicated that it will petition the Supreme Court of Appeal.
In February, the former property boss was sentenced to an effective 20 years’ imprisonment for killing Susan Rohde and staging her suicide.
Last month, the court sentenced him to an effective 20 years imprisonment for killing his spouse Susan Rohde and staging her suicide.
Rohde maintains his innocence and now he's gearing up to fight to be granted an opportunity to appeal.
Last month, the property mogul was sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment for killing Susan Rohde and staging her suicide in July 2016.
Last month, he was sentenced to an effective 20 years imprisonment for murdering his wife Susan Rohde in July 2016 and tampering with the crime scene to make it look like she committed suicide.
Jason Rohde was sentenced to an effective 20 years for murdering his wife, Susan Rohde, and defeating the ends of justice by tampering with the crime scene.
Western Cape police management has lauded the work of detectives, whose investigation helped secure the prosecution and sentencing of Rohde.
Jason Rohde has started serving his 20 year jail term. It includes 18 years for murder and five years for tampering with the crime scene.