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Oscar Pistorious - Last day of freedom for some time
Oscar Pistorious - Last day of freedom for some time
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Judge not getting good ratings on twitter according to bbc radio. She will need to dish out the maximum 15 years me thinks.
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trial by twitter
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Exactly
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A travesty of Justice. SA`s O.J. Simpson.
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15
 I think he has walked on the 25 would not be an injustice |
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Shocking that people with such poor analytical skills can become judges. OK, I just broke in to your house but before I rape you, kill you, and steal all your stuff, I need to go to the bathroom. Give me a freekin break.
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Judge seems to have taken the most favourable view possible of Pistorius' story.
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by her logic the judge wouldn't mind going to the khazi and letting oscar fire 4 bullets through the door. it probably wouldn't kill her
it having been established that he killed her you'd think the onus was on the defence to prove that his intention wasn't malign rather than the other way around he's been given a massive benefit of very little doubt |
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I think he'll walk......................... who will ever know (apart from him) if deserves to or not?
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Well I think they had a blazing row, she went in the bathroom, Pistorious lost it, big time! What is the chance of someone breaking into the house in the middle of that row to use the loo?????????? still I aint had many winners lately, but I don't believe it In those circumstances 15 would be fair to me, although doubt he will get that |
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Joe Bloggs - professional window cleaner, would definately have got maximum life sentance - no question.
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He's had a touch somewhere along the line. If I was disabled I wouldn't have locks on the toilet doors.
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His story, he hears someone, he goes outside, comes back in, hears someone in the bathroom
I find it nearly impossible to believe he would not have checked it was Reeve before he fired??????? I assume his story theoretically just held together, however improbable so he has got the benefit????, but really? or as AT posted A_T • September 11, 2014 9:28 PM BST Judge seems to have taken the most favourable view possible of Pistorius' story. |
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I still think Pistorious lost it, he has a dark and dangerous side
still at least I did not take the 4/7 PP |
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Irrelevbant what anybody else thinks..........he will walk. imo.
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*irrelevant (I think).
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Incredibly the judge appears to have discounted the whole of the prosecuting counsels case!
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Aye well 'The Rottweiler' turned out to be a Peek-a-poo...
Would amaze me if his conviction rate was above 10%. Maybe he growled his way through some townships and 'Milady' hasn't forgotten.. |
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dewey • September 11, 2014 10:39 PM BST
Irrelevbant what anybody else thinks..........he will walk. imo. you mean he will get nothing??? I wonder what the S.Africans think, will they believe this verdict? I suspect he will drift into obscurity, whether he serves time or not, I don't think OJ was ever forgiven He will be remembered as an oddity that is all |
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John Barrymore was never forgiven over here was he, although nothing was proved was it
the whole image did for him |
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Playing the Devil`s Advocat, I suppose it`s possible that an intruder, if disturbed, could hide in the nearest place, in this case the bathroom, if he heard someone coming and then hope to make his escape.
As Henry Fonda said in 12 Angry Men, "It`s possible". |
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yes it is possible mighytmac
as for being probable?, I am not Henry Fonda |
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His story was that he thought the intruder had come in via the bathroom window, which the judge conceded had been left open.
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The bog is a midgets den. So after firing into it 4 times, to me, it would be harder not to inflict serious injury, if not death.
How anyone with a legal background let alone a judge, makes the assumptions that this judge did, is totally beyond me. She thought her assumptions were fine, but not the prosecutions.. |
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The comment about not necessarily intending to kill someone in firing four dum dum style bullets through the door of a small toilet cubicle beggared belief.
I told you the judge was as thick as mince. |
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doantwin2easy • September 11, 2014 11:35 PM BST
His story was that he thought the intruder had come in via the bathroom window, which the judge conceded had been left open. that is possible But if you are sharing a house with someone, would not his first thought be it was Reeve in there? Instead he claims he thought ,"Not another intruder in my bog again, I will settle this once and for all, bang, bang, bang, bang" Surely he would have said something to her, asked her if she heard anything, warned her , even told her to shush, before opening fire? Still trainers offer stewards even unlikelier stories to explain their horses running and are believed, on a daily basis  |
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I thought the early cessation this afternoon was disgraceful. After numerous adjournments and delays, what possible reason is there to put Reeva's family through yet another day of such a circus?
She could have easily summed up and delivered her final verdict today. |
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I agree Pokermonster, it is hard on them
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It is a dangerous place S.Africa, much more than here, householders have to be armed, and use guns if necessary
but even so????????????????????????????? |
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It is an even more dangerous with Oscar Pistorius on the loose
I should not joke about it..apologies  |
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I will get my coat
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I bet that the couple who heard Reeva screaming are absolutely furious. They were adamant it was a woman screaming, but the judge totally disregarded their evidence, maintaining that it must have been a high-pitched Pistorius.
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The whole thing stinks really, doesn't it?
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It certainly does.
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Agreed. The judge has thrown out the whole prosecution case. Unbelievable.
I think firing 4 bullets into a locked toilet door there was a pretty good chance you're going to kill the person. A tad more than ' being negligent ' which is what the judge has stated. |
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Talking about previous situations irrelevant to the case
Is the judge saying he is a loose cannon? Instantly sickened looking at his face already. Turning over to watch the sports channels and follow the updates on here... |
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Judge found him not guilty of the charge of firing gun through a car sunroof !
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I have given up watching - to add insult to (injury / death ) excuse the pun - he will make millions from book sales and the like - so much for justice
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09:13: The judge says that the "accused cannot be found guilty of murder, dolos directus or dolus eventualis, on basis on his belief and conduct, it cannot be said that he foresaw that either the deceased or anyone else for that matter might be killed when he fired the shots at the toilet door".
What a joke |