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CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA â?? NOVEMBER 08: Jason Rohde is escorted to the cells by a police officer after being found guilty for the murder of his wife Susan Rohde at the Western Cape High Court on November 08, 2018 in Cape Town, South Africa. Judge Salie Hlophe found Rohde guilty of the 2016 murder his wife Susan and staging it as a suicide at Spier wine estate in Stellenbosch. The court was adjourned until 21 November for sentencing. (Photo by Gallo Images / Netwerk24 / Jaco Marais)
Gallo Images / Netwerk24 / Jaco Marais
Convicted murderer Jason Rohde’s sentencing proceedings will get underway in the Western Cape High Court on Wednesday December 5.
Rohde does not plan to take the stand to testify for a lesser sentence after being found guilty of murdering his wife Susan and staging her suicide.
In her judgment, Judge Gayaat Salie-Hlophe said the court inferred that Jason had struck his wife on the forehead, manually strangled her, smothered her with a pillow and then placed pressure on her chest. Rohde then devised a plan to tell the story of the deceased ending her own life. Watch.
