The Western Cape High Court has dismissed the application of Jason Rohde who wanted to be granted bail pending the outcome of his appeal.
Rohde’s legal team launched the application for bail after being granted leave to appeal his conviction by the Supreme Court of Appeals last month.
In papers before the court, Rohde said he wanted to be released on bail so that he could attend to his business and maintain his children financially.
Rohde is serving an effective 20 years at the Drakenstein Prison in Paarl for killing his wife Susan at the Spier Wine Estate and for defeating the ends of justice by staging her death to look like a suicide.
-African News Agency (ANA)
