The defence in the murder trial of Johannesburg businessman Jason Rohde claims that his wife Susan, whom he is accused of murdering, injured her thigh while doing a handstand.
The claim, made in the Western Cape High Court on Thursday, comes after the court heard evidence from State pathologist Dr Akmal Coetzee-Khan that Susan may have been a victim of 'Battered Woman Syndrome', after he found bruises of different ages on her.
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