Oscar Pistorius

[nevynreally]

I'm surprised there's no thread already about this. Is it because it's not an Australian case?

[Anonymous]

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@debra9275 wrote:
Do you think he's innocent Julia?

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i think his explanation is plausible so

i dont think he is guilty of premeditated murder.

[debra9275]

I don't think it was something he pre-planned either, more a spur of the moment thing, but it resulted in a murder

[Anonymous]

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@debra9275 wrote:
I don't think it was something hepre-planned either, more a spur of the moment thing, but it resulted in a murder

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i don't believe he knew he was shooting at Reeva.

i think the judge got it right in saying that culpable homicide

was a competent verdict. 

i think that is generally considered different to murder.

[the_great_she_elephant]

My own gut feeling is that he didn't intend to kill her; that they had a  a row, she fled to the bathroom, he snatched up the gun and fired it at the door in a blind rage without any consideration - or evenreal  concept - of what the likely consequences would be. When he realised what he had done he became hysterical - hence the screaming.

[debra9275]

I see it pretty much that way too She-ele

Katy the window was at least on a 2nd floor but had no bars and he said he noticed it was open

[Anonymous]

from this pic it appears  the bathroom was on

the first floor

[debra9275]

Depends on whether you call the ground floor the first floor or the ground floor, I call it the first floor, so to me it is the second floor

[Anonymous]

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@debra9275 wrote:
Depends on whether you call the ground floor the first floor or the ground floor, I call it the first floor, so to me it is the second floor

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lol ok. i call the ground floor the ground floor

and the first floor the first floor

[cherry*135]

Did he live in a high security gated estate? I read yesterday if he called called security they would have been there in a very short amount of time.

10:23pm: "All the accused had to do was use his cell phone to call security", she said, which may have taken less time than the firing of the shots.

Judge Masipa

[debra9275]

People who live in apartments or flats would probably call them ground floor & first floor