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I should add a word of caution. I mentioned a few posts back that Judge Masipa will know her decision by now. Of course, this may not be true. It is possible that on Thursday she says that she has not yet made her decision and that she needs more time. I sincerely hope this isn't the case.
Great post, Lux. To be honest, I'm surprised he hasn't left already. I don't think I'd risk hanging around, if I were him.
Oscar has a well-rounded personality and a fabulously positive outlook on life with a good self-image, which he rubs off on everybody around him. Hes been a tremendous source of encouragement to many people ranging from diabetics whove had to have their legs amputated even to [???] amputees and even a lifesaver in [???] Bay, whose leg was severed off in one of South Africas most vicious shark attacks three years ago. And hes just a very popular, well-respected boy and I certainly deem it a privilege to know him and be his mom.
- Sheila Pistorius, short radio interview 2001 (@5:51)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=uhMSIrJ7IgQ#t=351
Oscar Pistorius - Before the blades (3:12 total)
EWN talks to Oscar Pistorius' former sports teacher from Constansia Kloof Primary School about the child he was
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRSvyxmUKKI
Oooooh, I've just found rabbits with hearts.
Could this be them? Both are from That Little Shop
Rabbit set is in the second row
http://www.thatlittleshop.co.za/product-category/home-accessory/wooden-creatures/
Different link for the lone rabbit
http://www.thatlittleshop.co.za/product/wooden-rabbit/
The talk in legal "corridors" is that he will serve between 8-12 years which, to me, sounds as though it is thought he will get CH OR does it mean his sentence will be longer and he is likely to serve only half of it?
“The talk in the corridors is that Pistorius will serve between eight and 12 years,”' said Stephen Tuson, criminal law and procedure professor at Johannesburg's Witwatersrand University. - See more at: http://www.skynews.com.au/news/worl...-on-thursday.html#sthash.1mCDzJPg.dpuf”
The talk in legal "corridors" is that he will serve between 8-12 years which, to me, sounds as though it is thought he will get CH OR does it mean his sentence will be longer and he is likely to serve only half of it?
The talk in the corridors is that Pistorius will serve between eight and 12 years,' said Stephen Tuson, criminal law and procedure professor at Johannesburg's Witwatersrand University. - See more at: http://www.skynews.com.au/news/worl...erdict-on-thursday.html#sthash.1mCDzJPg.dpuf
hi everyone. Really sorry as I'm 99% sure this will have been asked and answered elsewhere on the board (I have looked but not exhaustively so it's likely I've missed it), but can anyone help me out with info regarding the form the delivery of the verdict will take? Will Masipa deliver her judgement and subsequently lay out the reasoning behind it, or will it be akin to the bail decision with a long preamble and then the verdict?
I've got absolutely no idea, but I can't see how it can be anything other than 'Verdict --> explanation' because if it were the other way around with the verdict at the end, then surely we are all going to be able to guess what the verdict is anyway .. how would she be able to explain the verdict without giving it first?
What are you all predicting for Thursday?
Sadly, I am still stuck with dolus eventualis- which i went for back in spring, even though in my heart it is directus.
Whilst I bow to the superior knowledge of this legal expert you have linked to, I don't believe it will be CH.
I've had a very disturbing thought. We know that this is a "show trial" designed to demonstrate to the world that South Africa can deliver justice without corruption. Suppose Pistorius is found guilty of murder and given a lengthy prison sentence, all well and good and showing that it doesn't matter if you're rich, white and powerful, yadda yadda yadda
But he isn't immediately taken into custody, he is allowed to go home and "sort his affairs out" - and he defects. There would be much shock and disappointment expressed at what a naughty dishonest boy he's been, but the point about justice will have been made, he had a fair trial etc etc. but his freedom will have been bought after all, kwim.
Please someone tell me that this can't happen.
I've been thinking about the Ipads - Do we know whether any messages were recovered from them? Sam Taylor mentioned that OP was forever texting in bed, both from his handset and from his Ipad. I know he deleted his browsing history, but I'm wondering if it was possible to recover his chats. Also, what about Reeva's Ipad? What messages were recovered from that, if any? And, if the reports are true, where did the police find OP's flirtatious texts to Erin Steer?
Apologies for all the questions so late in the day, but I would have thought this evidence was key to establishing a timeline for that night.