Other High Profile Cases and Persons of Interest > Oscar Pistorius and the killing of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
Oscar Pistorius sentencing deferred until 6th July 2016.
John:
Oscar Pistorius to be sentenced for murder on July 6
The date for Oscar Pistorius' sentencing for the murder of former girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp has been set for July 6.
Earlier, his defence barrister asked the Paralympian to remove his prosthetic legs in the courtroom during his sentencing hearing in Pretoria.
Barry Roux told the court the man they were looking at, standing on his stumps, was the man who was scared for his life at 3am, and thought an intruder was in his home.
The double-amputee's manslaughter conviction was overturned last year by an appeals court, which convicted Pistorius of the more serious charge of murder following the death of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in 2013.
http://www.itv.com/news/story/2016-06-15/oscar-pistorius-to-be-sentenced-for-murder-on-july-6/
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mercury:
There is a new Telly interview with Mark Williams-Thomas and Oscar Pistorius on ITV tonight. Its nearly finished now but you can see it on +1 or itv catch up
Also online at itvhub, but you need to sign up
My personal opinion: he has no defence and was acting/lying, sometimes you can just tell
I wanted to believe him though
If you #oscarpistorius you will see a lot of good points made
puglove:
--- Quote from: mercury on June 24, 2016, 09:53:34 PM ---There is a new Telly interview with Mark Williams-Thomas and Oscar Pistorius on ITV tonight. Its nearly finished now but you can see it on +1 or itv catch up
Also online at itvhub, but you need to sign up
My personal opinion: he has no defence and was acting/lying, sometimes you can just tell
I wanted to believe him though
If you #oscarpistorius you will see a lot of good points made
--- End quote ---
I watched it and, yes, he was lying. He's a loathsome, self-serving brat. He fake-blubbed through it, and only managed to squeeze out one single tear. At one point, he rubbed his hands over his face so that his stringy spit looked like tears. He's shitting himself about going back to prison. He meant to kill Reeva. Even if some misguided judge finds otherwise, he meant to kill someone. He shot to kill. I can't believe how transparent he was.
mercury:
He wasnt innocent of killing someone thats why he was found guilty first of manslaughter/culpable homicide
The prosecution managed to convince the supreme court his defence was not convincing and it was murder
If no one attacks or threatens you you cant just shoot them dead
He reckons hes done time and should just do community service
He reckons he didnt know it was her, there is no proof of that and more importantly he didnt convince the court for various reasons, and reading a few forums and papers has not convnced the majority of people either
I dont think this is a miscarriage of justice but if it is no doubt he will begin appeals whilst incarcerated or could confess and get sentence reduced
John:
--- Quote from: mercury on June 26, 2016, 11:29:20 PM ---He wasnt innocent of killing someone thats why he was found guilty first of manslaughter/culpable homicide
The prosecution managed to convince the supreme court his defence was not convincing and it was murder
If no one attacks or threatens you you cant just shoot them dead
He reckons hes done time and should just do community service
He reckons he didnt know it was her, there is no proof of that and more importantly he didnt convince the court for various reasons, and reading a few forums and papers has not convnced the majority of people either
I dont think this is a miscarriage of justice but if it is no doubt he will begin appeals whilst incarcerated or could confess and get sentence reduced
--- End quote ---
The lady Judge has messed up already in this case so surely she won't be taken in by Pistorius a second time. Hopefully he gets 15 years for what he did. Anything less will be a miscarriage for sure.
As for the interviews with ITV, they should not have be allowed. Why a convicted murderer is allowed bail is beyond me, let alone being allowed to give TV interviews. The SA system is crazy!
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