South Africa: Rohde Trial Judge Calls Defence Out Over Courtroom Tactics

15 November 2017

The judge presiding over Jason Rohde's murder trial became annoyed by the defence's treatment of his wife's doctor during a gruelling session of cross-examination in the Western Cape High Court on Wednesday.

"The last time I checked this was a murder trial," said Judge Gayaat Salie-Hlophe to defence lawyer Advocate Graham van der Spuy.

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