Oscar Pistorius trial discussion

[Jags..class]

It seems as though he didn't check at all. He claims he thought she was in bed and so that whoever was in the bathroom was an intruder. Surely the first thing you would do is 100% make sure she was in the bed. Then if not, call out when you get to the door. I understand the arguments about being paranoid/skittish but I think in that situation my first thought would be making sure my girlfriend was ok/safe.

Of course we would check to see if our partner is in bed before shooting through doors. You would be thinking who is behind the door unless you didn't really care and knew who was behind the door? why not shout who there?

 

[Wizard]

She had bruises on her back, there's blood on the cricket bat and unexplained blood on the bedroom wall. His story about when he was wearing / not wearing his legs has already been proven to be lies and like you say there who wouldn't ask who was in there before opening fire? His story is a pack of lies and I hope he rots in hell

There is loads of stuff which makes him seem guilty I agree. Problem is that police seem to have done their best to bungle a fair bit of the physical evidence at the scene. The thing about the not calling out is that Pistorius has said that in his version of his events and no one can change/screw that up.

 

[Wizard]

Pretty bad stuff coming out from text messages between Pistorius and Steenkamp today. Showing that he quite often over reacted to stuff and that sometimes she was 'scared' of him. Show's him to be really jealous as well which has long been a suspected cause of the fight that lead to her shooting. Another neighbour has also said she her male and female screams before hearing a second burst of gunfire.

Pistorius should be on the stand himself within the next few days as the prosecution only have four more witnesses.

 

[Foot Long Hot Dog]

I've been following the trial throughout and if he gets off with this, then it'll make the OJ Simpson case pale into insignificance in the league of celebrity injustice imo.

 

[bluestevon]

Always thought it was ironic someone with the nickname Bladerunner used a gun instead, ffs think of the advertising potential for selling steak knives he missed out on

 

[Wizard]

I've been following the trial throughout and if he gets off with this, then it'll make the OJ Simpson case pale into insignificance in the league of celebrity injustice imo.

The one thing that has been making me think he may literally get away with murder is that the police seem to have bungled so much of the crime scene what with moving and stepping on the door, moving the gun, stealing watches etc.

However, as more and more stuff comes out about him I think he will now end up going down.

 

[Foot Long Hot Dog]

The one thing that has been making me think he may literally get away with murder is that the police seem to have bungled so much of the crime scene what with moving and stepping on the door, moving the gun, stealing watches etc.

However, as more and more stuff comes out about him I think he will now end up going down.

His brief has been trying to portray the Bizzies as being incompetent, but he's not actually challenged any of the factual evidence relating to the ballistics, blood stains, position of the woman when she was shot etc etc. All they've done to this point, is try to be smart by pointing out issues that are of zero relevance to the actual facts laid down.

I thought he was bang guilty before the trial started, having now seen the majority of the prosecutions case, I'm now totally convinced.

 

[Wizard]

His brief has been trying to portray the Bizzies as being incompetent, but he's not actually challenged any of the factual evidence relating to the ballistics, blood stains, position of the woman when she was shot etc etc. All they've done to this point, is try to be smart by pointing out issues that are of zero relevance to the actual facts laid down.

I thought he was bang guilty before the trial started, having now seen the majority of the prosecutions case, I'm now totally convinced.

I agree with you completely. Always thought he was guilty and continue too. You just never know in these situations. I agree that what his team have questioned doesn't really change the facts though so you are probably right.

 

[Brennan]

He absolutely did it.

Not even a question about it. No one would just shoot without at least saying 'reeeeva?' First. I would have found it more plausible if he had shot at a figure standing up in the bedroom that he saw and it turned out to be her because in South Africa it's so bad that you have to just shoot on site. But the fact the door was shut and he didn't even question who it was...

I think he's done it and he has anger issues as displayed in the past, and I believe his remorse and horror at what he has done is genuine.

http://miami.cbslocal.com/video/6643820-husband-shoots-at-intruder-turns-out-to-be-wife/

 

[Goat]

Im sure its been said, but the biggest factor is the locked toilet door, who honestly locks the toilet door when you go for a wee in the middle of the night? Its not like anybody else was in the house.

 

[Huyton Layne]

http://miami.cbslocal.com/video/6643820-husband-shoots-at-intruder-turns-out-to-be-wife/

He'll just say she looked black and he was standing his ground.

 

[Brennan]

Im sure its been said, but the biggest factor is the locked toilet door, who honestly locks the toilet door when you go for a wee in the middle of the night? Its not like anybody else was in the house.

Good point.

 

[Foot Long Hot Dog]

http://miami.cbslocal.com/video/6643820-husband-shoots-at-intruder-turns-out-to-be-wife/

He shot her 4 times.

The Police ballistics have worked out via the trajectories and where she was wounded, the sequence of the shots. The first shot hit her in the hip, whilst she was stood up the other side of the toilet door.

She subsequently fell on a magazine rack and covered her face with her arms and was shot a further 3 times, the last one being in the noggin.

There was also a time delay between the shots as Pistorious moved to alter the angle at which he was aiming., so from the first shot hitting her in the hip, there'd have been a scream, which is exactly what the neighbours have testified.

There's no way he didn't know it was her.

 

[Huyton Layne]

Im sure its been said, but the biggest factor is the locked toilet door, who honestly locks the toilet door when you go for a wee in the middle of the night? Its not like anybody else was in the house.

Deffo no number twos involved? Deffo not on the rag? Both would be reasons to close or lock the door.

 

[Brennan]

He shot her 4 times.

The Police ballistics have worked out via the trajectories and where she was wounded, the sequence of the shots. The first shot hit her in the hip, whilst she was stood up the other side of the toilet door.

She subsequently fell on a magazine rack and covered her face with her arms and was shot a further 3 times, the last one being in the noggin.

There was also a time delay between the shots as Pistorious moved to alter the angle at which he was aiming., so from the first shot hitting her in the hip, there'd have been a scream, which is exactly what the neighbours have testified.

There's no way he didn't know it was her.

Thanks for that summary, not sure it was needed.

I was simply pointing out people do stupid things like shoot their family members without checking who they actually are.