'Degrading, humiliating and mentally cruel': Rohde judge accused of conducting an 'unfair trial'

The court which found former estate agent Jason Rohde guilty of murdering his wife Susan and staging her suicide was"mentally cruel" in an"unfair" trial, according to his application for leave to appeal his convictions and sentence.

The attorneys submitted that Salie-Hlophe came to her finding - that Susan Rohde was murdered by Jason while they were at an estate agents' conference at Spier Wine estate and that he staged her suicide - without any help from an expert medical assessor. "By acting as aforesaid, the court conducted itself towards the accused in a manner that was degrading, immensely intimidating, humiliating, totally unsympathetic and mentally cruel," the application read.

The papers alleged that the court may already have made up its mind before closing arguments were presented.

itchybyte Huh?

itchybyte Know what else is cruel, murdering your wife.

itchybyte That was a very light sentence for murdering his wife.

itchybyte Judge Gayaat Salie-Hlophe. Married to John Hlope ? Riiiiiigght 🙄🤣

itchybyte unnecessarily cruel, the judge who appears to be a writer manque made a flowery summery to illustrate her feminist views rather than sticking to the topic.

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