Convicted murderer Jason Rohde has decided to wait for the outcome of his Constitutional Court appeal in jail, instead of going to court again to get bail.

Rohde was not going ahead with his application for leave to appeal the latest bail hearing outcome, NPA spokesperson Eric Ntabazalila said, according to News24.

Rohde previously pulled out all the stops to stay out of jail while the matter was finalised.

The father of three constantly stated that he did not murder his wife Susan, but that she ended her own life.

In the latest judgment, his bail was not extended and the clock started ticking for Rohde to start serving his sentence.

His lawyer, Tony Mostert, said his decision not to apply for leave to appeal his latest bail hearing outcome was because the application to the Constitutional Court and his client's petition to the SCA would take ‘more or less the same time’.

He will therefore remain behind bars until he is informed of the outcome of the Constitutional Court case.

Susan Rohde was found dead in the bathroom of the Spier wine estate in 2016.

Rohde said it was suicide but the Western Cape High Court ruled that he murdered her and then tried to stage a suicide.

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