Oscar Pistorius Trial

Murder or manslaughter, it's irrelevant IMO, his reputation is destroyed and I think 99% of the population with radio or tv believe he is guilty anyway.
My guess is he'll be found swinging in his cell after he's banged up for x amount of years.
 
in all honesty i could not care less and cant see why it has a channel to itself on sky sports !!!!!!,so what if he is a runner he is not from this country and how many people have been murdered in this country since the case has been going on and not a mention on any social media sites let alone wall to wall coverage.
 
Found not guilty of any murder charge. Judge yet to state whether guilty of manslaughter charge or to be acquitted. Sounds like a shock judgement.
 
If he gets away with it then the losers will be the law firms as if you need to get rid of your partner , buy a gun and just shoot them , end of problem , defend yourself of course
 
He has already got away with it with the not guilty verdict for murder


No doubt he will get a guilty verdict for culpable homicide and after all the dealing will prob get about a couple months in an open type facility and then probation.

Is anyone really surprised with the verdict ?
 
I am surprised. I thought he would be done for murder and going to the big house for a long time.

Having followed the summing up today, I am not sure how Judge Masipa can say that Pistorius did not foresee killing the person behind the bathroom door when he put 4 bullets through the middle of it.

Plus, why would your missus take her phone in the middle of the night into the loo and lock the door when she was going for a wee? No one does that. Two possibilities, 1. A cheeky session of special solo fun time (i.e. - playing with the little man in the boat) 2. A fruitcake boyfriend with a gun who was feeling jealous, insecure and murderous was on the other side but she out ran Stumpy to get there first.
 
Snelly said:
I am surprised. I thought he would be done for murder and going to the big house for a long time.

Having followed the summing up today, I am not sure how Judge Masipa can say that Pistorius did not foresee killing the person behind the bathroom door when he put 4 bullets through the middle of it.

Plus, why would your missus take her phone in the middle of the night into the loo and lock the door when she was going for a wee? No one does that. Two possibilities, 1. A cheeky session of special solo fun time (i.e. - playing with the little man in the boat) 2. A fruitcake boyfriend with a gun who was feeling jealous, insecure and murderous was on the other side but she out ran Stumpy to get there first.
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Or she had a massive dinner, and needed to drop a lot of kids off at the pool. She might have known she was going to be there a while
 
CheltenhamHacker said:
Or she had a massive dinner, and needed to drop a lot of kids off at the pool. She might have known she was going to be there a while
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She didn't look like the massive dinner kind of girl.

And it just shows how daft / implausible his reaction was. The first thing anyone would say - "Is that you in there love?" "Yes darling, give me 5 minutes as I am having a dump."

No, far better to shout "Police" then rapidly put 4 rounds of dum-dum bullets through the door with no questions asked...
 
Snelly said:
She didn't look like the massive dinner kind of girl.

And it just shows how daft / implausible his reaction was. The first thing anyone would say - "Is that you in there love?" "Yes darling, give me 5 minutes as I am having a dump."

No, far better to shout "Police" then rapidly put 4 rounds of dum-dum bullets through the door with no questions asked...
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Oh don't worry I completely agree, I'm very much with you that I believe it was a murder in the heat of the moment.

Be interesting to see how it is viewed in a few years down the line. The new "OJ"?
 
Beezerk said:
I am, he'd have been banged up in the UK for murder no doubt. Seems in SA the trial outcome solely depends on how one judge interprets the evidence rather than a body of people (a jury) mulling over it.
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Everything I have read I believe he is guilty as hell but I'm just not surprised they found him not guilty
 
HomerJSimpson said:
Be interesting t see the final verdict tomorrow. Can't believe he'll get away scot free so culpable homicide is the likely outcome although what sentence that attracts will remain to be seen
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Maximum 15 years in prison, likely to be in the 7-10 year range according to Sky News coverage today if found guilty.
 
Snelly said:
I am surprised. I thought he would be done for murder and going to the big house for a long time.

Having followed the summing up today, I am not sure how Judge Masipa can say that Pistorius did not foresee killing the person behind the bathroom door when he put 4 bullets through the middle of it.

Plus, why would your missus take her phone in the middle of the night into the loo and lock the door when she was going for a wee? No one does that. Two possibilities, 1. A cheeky session of special solo fun time (i.e. - playing with the little man in the boat) 2. A fruitcake boyfriend with a gun who was feeling jealous, insecure and murderous was on the other side but she out ran Stumpy to get there first.
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It was, I think, quite easy to come to a verdict that said he was not guilty of premeditated murder. after all, it was very difficult for the prosecution to prove this beyond reasonable doubt. I absolutely agree with the statement above in bold though and I was very surprised when I heard her say this.
 
ger147 said:
Maximum 15 years in prison, likely to be in the 7-10 year range according to Sky News coverage today if found guilty.
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Plus the other gun related charges.
Regarding intent, the 4 shots followed Steenkamp down and left as she fell onto the toilet (from what I gather while watching the trial). These weren't blind shots made in a moments panic they were meant to kill IMO.
OP is one lucky lucky fella!
 
Guilt of Culpable Homicide. Sentencing is in October. Be interesting to see what he gets, a fine and house arrest would not surprise me in the slightest.
 
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