• Oscar Pistorius guilty of culpable homicide
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[img]http://imgkk.com/i/ex49.jpg[/img] [url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-29149581[/url] [quote]South African athlete Oscar Pistorius has been found guilty of culpable homicide after the judge found he killed his girlfriend by mistake. Judge Thokozile Masipa said the athlete acted "negligently" when he fired shots through a toilet door, but in the "belief that there was an intruder". She said the state had failed to prove he intended to kill Reeva Steenkamp. The judge allowed Pistorius to remain on bail ahead of sentencing which is to take place on 13 October.[/quote]
quite right i suppose
I still don't understand how this outcome eventuated.. It is counter-intuitive, given the evidence. The law works in mysterious, but well outlined ways.
[QUOTE=Bradyns;45960388]I still don't understand how this outcome eventuated.. It is counter-intuitive, given the evidence. The law works in mysterious, but well outlined ways.[/QUOTE] For an outcome like murder to be proven, it has to be beyond a reasonable doubt, and when most of the evidence involves witnesses who were at such a distance they couldn't be certain they heard screams, and when its clear oscar had mental issues that could potentially diminish his responsibility, its not that surprising culpable homicide was chosen.
"Killed his girlfriend by mistake" what he bashed her brain in with a tire-iron and went "oops"? i havent payed attention to this story so it sounds alittle absurd [highlight](User was banned for this post ("Read the damn article then." - Swebonny))[/highlight]
[QUOTE=Sprockethead;45961173]"Killed his girlfriend by mistake" what he bashed her brain in with a tire-iron and went "oops"? i havent payed attention to this story so it sounds alittle absurd[/QUOTE] Read the article and all will become clear.
[QUOTE=Bradyns;45960388]I still don't understand how this outcome eventuated.. It is counter-intuitive, given the evidence. The law works in mysterious, but well outlined ways.[/QUOTE] Please, show us the evidence that he murdered his fiancée.
Not surprised, his case barely had a leg to stand on.
[QUOTE=Sprockethead;45961173]"Killed his girlfriend by mistake" what he bashed her brain in with a tire-iron and went "oops"? i havent payed attention to this story so it sounds alittle absurd [highlight](User was banned for this post ("Read the damn article then." - Swebonny))[/highlight][/QUOTE] It's even worse than you think, in the middle of the night he randomly shoots through his BATHROOM door from his bed saying he thought it was a burglar breaking into his house...from his bathroom. And who thinks noise from their closed bathroom is unusual if you live with your spouse?
[QUOTE=The Baconator;45961253]It's even worse than you think, in the middle of the night he randomly shoots through his BATHROOM door from his bed saying he thought it was a burglar breaking into his house...from his bathroom. And who thinks noise from their closed bathroom is unusual if you live with your spouse?[/QUOTE] He didn't shoot from his bed, the bathroom is down a corridor. [editline]12th September 2014[/editline] [IMG]http://theconservativetreehouse.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/pistorius-floorplan.jpg?w=640[/IMG]
I still have no idea how he didn't realize his girlfriend was not in bed but still continued to fire into the bathroom regardless.
He would've had to known that the 'intruder' was sitting on the toilet for him to shoot at that angle through the door. Not to mention why the fuck would an intruder head straight to the bathroom. Whatever. At least the guy gets something.
[QUOTE=Sprockethead;45961173]"Killed his girlfriend by mistake" what he bashed her brain in with a tire-iron and went "oops"? i havent payed attention to this story so it sounds alittle absurd [highlight](User was banned for this post ("Read the damn article then." - Swebonny))[/highlight][/QUOTE] He shot her multiple times while she was sitting on the toilet. In a way, that's even more dubious, because why should an intruder be taking a piss/shit while breaking in?
[QUOTE=Doom64hunter;45961733]He shot her multiple times while she was sitting on the toilet. In a way, that's even more dubious, because why should an intruder be taking a piss/shit while breaking in?[/QUOTE] i think he believed the intruder to be coming in through the toilets window
[QUOTE=Doom64hunter;45961733]He shot her multiple times while she was sitting on the toilet. In a way, that's even more dubious, because why should an intruder be taking a piss/shit while breaking in?[/QUOTE] anything can happen when you're taking some serious steroids and testosterone man [editline]12th September 2014[/editline] [QUOTE=Marzipas;45962140]i think he believed the intruder to be coming in through the toilets window[/QUOTE] and this
[QUOTE=download;45961233]Please, show us the evidence that he murdered his fiancée.[/QUOTE] Of course he's innocent, his story holds up so well, everybody knows how thief's go to bathrooms for all the valuables im sure if any of us were in a similar situation we'd shoot the door without asking any questions or stopping to think about it for a second.
'who's there? show yourself' or shoot wildly like a maniac. but it's not murder, it's a case of dumb judgement.
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