Found guilty of murder by dolus eventualis, justice at last, new sentence to be issued :thup:
Oscar Pistorius Trial
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What's happened Fish ? Has there been a retrial ?
ger147
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SA CPS appealed the conviction. Appeal verdict has just been delivered.
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Slab
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minimum 15 year sentence for murder i think
ger147
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That's what they said on Sky News.
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Good to see that justice has prevailed in the end
15 years won't be enough IMO
15 years won't be enough IMO
Good to see the right verdict (in my opionion) reached eventually
freddielong
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About time this murderer needs to be sentenced as a murderer and not someone who made a mistake.
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Snelly
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Fantastic news. Let's hope that he does in fact get a suitable sentence and spends the next decade behind bars.
MarkE
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Just to play devils advocate. Not that I think he's not guilty and deserves everything that's coming to him. But if the trial had been in the UK, it would have been thrown out as soon as the police evidence tampering came to light. The whole trial was a bit of a shambles.
gregers
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well he cant run and hide now can he.
Beezerk
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Doubt it, only the tampered evidence would have been removed I imagine. There would have been no doubt of his guilt in the UK imo, the way the judge went about it didn't sit well with me, she was trying too hard to make the prosecution prove certain aspects if you get what I mean.
Simbo
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i think the first trial and sentence were an absolute joke and he deserved much more than what he got but how can they change his original charge AFTER he's been found guilty?? Shouldn't he have a retrial rather than just be resentenced?? Would his legal team not be able to argue that they would have prepared his defence differently the first time round if the charge had been murder instead of manslaughter?.
Pin-seeker
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The original trial was a complete farce.
I'm glad he's getting a proper sentence & justice is served.
But I can't imagine how the girls family have felt for the last year thinking he's pretty much got away with it.
I'm glad he's getting a proper sentence & justice is served.
But I can't imagine how the girls family have felt for the last year thinking he's pretty much got away with it.
teetime75
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The responsibility of passing sentence falls to the Judge in the
original trial.
She was lenient last time.She could be again.
USER1999
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So, six years, of which he will have to serve 3, he's already done 1, so out in 2 years then.
Murder. It's pretty cheap in south Africa.
Murder. It's pretty cheap in south Africa.
FairwayDodger
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Apparently time served doesn't count but still a very lenient sentence.
Norrin Radd
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he should have got life ,nasty piece of work all round if you ask me
having lived in south africa i know what they thought of him ,he was revearred by them much to the same extent that Beckham is and was over here .
he was never going to get what he deserved.
having lived in south africa i know what they thought of him ,he was revearred by them much to the same extent that Beckham is and was over here .
he was never going to get what he deserved.
Agreed. I assume there is no further appeal process and so the three years sticks now. Still seems very lenient
