Oscar Pistorius trial discussion

[bluemangroup]

Anyone else find it a bit much that a camera is stuck in the face of a man who's life is falling apart? News networks barely containing their glee as they report on it and people analysing body language of him. It's all a bit ghoulish. I'd rather just know if he is guilty or not and have done with it, rather than play amatuer crime scene investigator.
@butters.

 

[Big Fat Sam]

Then there'd no doubt be ex boyfriends who could corroborate this fact then.......

I hope they pursue that line, as surely it'd be viewed as odd to anyone really?

You'd think so like.

 

[Wizard]

Anyone else find it a bit much that a camera is stuck in the face of a man who's life is falling apart? News networks barely containing their glee as they report on it and people analysing body language of him. It's all a bit ghoulish. I'd rather just know if he is guilty or not and have done with it, rather than play amatuer crime scene investigator.
@butters.

Apologies if this has been mentioned but one argument I have heard as to why the cameras are there at this trial (which is very unusual in South Africa) is that it is an opportunity for the SA Legal system to show that it isn't a joke and that people can get a fair and effective trial there. There's already been one screw up with the translator on day one so whether this comes off or not is anyones guess.

The problem is that, as you say, it brings the media in who are only really interested in the story and not the people involved or their feelings. Pistorius is still innocent and should be treated as such until the verdict is reached.

 

[Big Fat Sam]

Anyone else find it a bit much that a camera is stuck in the face of a man who's life is falling apart? News networks barely containing their glee as they report on it and people analysing body language of him. It's all a bit ghoulish. I'd rather just know if he is guilty or not and have done with it, rather than play amatuer crime scene investigator.
@butters.

Yeah but I guess it goes with the territory of him being a mega rich sports star celebrity.

I'm a big fan of televised court proceedings, love watching out both sides set about their cases.

 

[Tubey]

Apologies if this has been mentioned but one argument I have heard as to why the cameras are there at this trial (which is very unusual in South Africa) is that it is an opportunity for the SA Legal system to show that it isn't a joke and that people can get a fair and effective trial there. There's already been one screw up with the translator on day one so whether this comes off or not is anyones guess.

The problem is that, as you say, it brings the media in who are only really interested in the story and not the people involved or their feelings. Pistorius is still innocent and should be treated as such until the verdict is reached.

Yeah but he isn't though really... ^^

 

[bluemangroup]

Yeah but I guess it goes with the territory of him being a mega rich sports star celebrity.

I'm a big fan of televised court proceedings, love watching out both sides set about their cases.

I'm not saying its not interesting, because it is, i suppose. But he is supposedly innocent untill proven guilty and im not sure how him being a mega rich sports star celebrity negates the press being overly intrusive.

 

[bluemangroup]

Yeah but he isn't though really... ^^

Legally he is untill convincted right?

 

[canuckblue]

Anyone else find it a bit much that a camera is stuck in the face of a man who's life is falling apart? News networks barely containing their glee as they report on it and people analysing body language of him. It's all a bit ghoulish. I'd rather just know if he is guilty or not and have done with it, rather than play amatuer crime scene investigator.
@butters.

You should see how some high-profile trials are treated on American cable TV. One of them, HLN (a louder, mnore sensational version of CNN) usually has the accused hanged, drawn and quartered before the jury is selected.

 

[bluemangroup]

You should see how some high-profile trials are treated on American cable TV. One of them, HLN (a louder, mnore sensational version of CNN) usually has the accused hanged, drawn and quartered before the jury is selected.

I don't want to see that. That sounds awful.

 

[LinekersLegs]

Then there'd no doubt be ex boyfriends who could corroborate this fact then.......
I hope they pursue that line, as surely it'd be viewed as odd to anyone really?

Even before I had heard anything else about the circumstances the locking the loo door in the middle of the night sounded very fishy.

 

[sageyefc]

Even before I had heard anything else about the circumstances the locking the loo door in the middle of the night sounded very fishy.

To be honest it might just be a habit, i still do it when im getting a shower and i live on me own

 

[Foot Long Hot Dog]

To be honest it might just be a habit, i still do it when im getting a shower and i live on me own

Yeah but having a shower in the middle of the day is different to taking a slash in the middle of the night mate surely?

 

[Eggs]

...apologies if already mentioned, but there is a debate about the ethics of Paddy Power opening a book on the outcome. Whether its right or wrong, the interesting aspect of that debate are the odds on offer. OP is 1-4 to be found guilty, which suggests he needs to bring his toothbrush and pyjamas on the last day because he's not going home.

 

[Ashtonian]

If you're in bed with your partner & you wake up for a piss in the middle of the night, and use the en suite bathroom, why on Earth would you lock the bathroom door? On that fact alone he should be totally screwed.

In our house the door is wide open when the other half goes in the night. TMI but she doesn't care whethe rthe door is open or not.

I do but at 2am you havent got the energy to complain.

Without going into details yet in the trial he is guilty as sin. Its clear

 

[LinekersLegs]

To be honest it might just be a habit, i still do it when im getting a shower and i live on me own

True, I suppose that they had only been living together for a few months so she might have been in the habit. But a brief trip to the loo when everyone else in the house is asleep just seems very deliberate.

Has there been any discussion if she had her phone with her - seem to remember some discussion of it being in the bathroom but possibly not in the toilet stall itself. If she had the phone in the toilet with her with the locked door that would be v v fishy.

I think he is guilty as sin but still hate all the TV focus in his face, betting odds etc. He should have a fair trial, not a media circus, and the feelings of the friends/family of the poor girl who died deserve more respect.