The Oscar Pistorius shoots girlfriend thread
#153
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South African police have installed state of the art technology outside the bail address of Oscar Pistorius to ensure he doesn't leave at a cost of millions of Dollars.
What a waste I'd have put them in a cattle grid for $500!
What a waste I'd have put them in a cattle grid for $500!
#155
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At the risk of appearing terribly dim Tim, I don' t get this,please explain at idiot level thanks.
#156
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Other than Eva, has anybody else mentioned that he may have initially bashed his beloved's brains in with a cricket bat and then shot her to make the intruder alibi more plausible? I haven't read all of the last few pages (as I'm frankly tired of the so-called jokes). If it was her blood on the bat then he must go down for the maximum sentence and should not have been granted bail, in my view anyway.
#158
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Other than Eva, has anybody else mentioned that he may have initially bashed his beloved's brains in with a cricket bat and then shot her to make the intruder alibi more plausible? I haven't read all of the last few pages (as I'm frankly tired of the so-called jokes). If it was her blood on the bat then he must go down for the maximum sentence and should not have been granted bail, in my view anyway.
I have a sneaky idea he won't be back in court, he may take the easy way out.
#160
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I don't think the prosecution wanted to give all their evidence away at the bail hearing. They thought they had enough to keep him in but owing to some disastrous police work on the stand he got bail. Pistorious has now submitted all his evidence and its sworn. The police have 3/6 months to disprove it at their leisure and lets hope they do.........
I have a sneaky idea he won't be back in court, he may take the easy way out.
I have a sneaky idea he won't be back in court, he may take the easy way out.
I hope police have seized all the phones found( I read at least four at locus) &
forensic telecom officers recover recent conversations and texts.
I think he will comply with bail and appear at trial.There is enough of a smokescreen already to offer him hope of getting off on technicalities ...
I have no doubt if a robust case for the prosecution is presented ( like damning evidence from cell phones), he will do a runner well before the verdict.
#161
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My latest speculation:I think he shot a dead body but I don t think the forensics are competent enough to prove cause and time of death.The intruder story was his attempt to disguise m.o. of murder.He may have thought smashed skull could be explained away by falling to marble(?) floor.
I hope police have seized all the phones found( I read at least four at locus) &
forensic telecom officers recover recent conversations and texts.
I think he will comply with bail and appear at trial.There is enough of a smokescreen already to offer him hope of getting off on technicalities ...
I have no doubt if a robust case for the prosecution is presented ( like damning evidence from cell phones), he will do a runner well before the verdict.
I hope police have seized all the phones found( I read at least four at locus) &
forensic telecom officers recover recent conversations and texts.
I think he will comply with bail and appear at trial.There is enough of a smokescreen already to offer him hope of getting off on technicalities ...
I have no doubt if a robust case for the prosecution is presented ( like damning evidence from cell phones), he will do a runner well before the verdict.
A strategy to get him off on a technicality will not be a huge surprise. I doubt he'll run, but can see him topping himself if things start looking particularly unpleasant.
#162
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Surely the forensics in SA are not that incompetent? Establishing time and cause of death are pretty basic things, and like someone else said already if there's evidence of her being bashed with the bat he's done.
A strategy to get him off on a technicality will not be a huge surprise. I doubt he'll run, but can see him topping himself if things start looking particularly unpleasant.
A strategy to get him off on a technicality will not be a huge surprise. I doubt he'll run, but can see him topping himself if things start looking particularly unpleasant.
More of my opinion & speculation....
The Legal System in SA from the top down is a mess.Judges,senior police officers being charged with ridiculously serious offences, which in most jurisdictions would immediately remove them from office - alas not in S.A as H.Botha being the o.i.c initially in this case demonstrates.
Then there is the collecting of forensic evidence- easiest thing for the defence to challenge,what a field day they will have given the cross contamination occurring due to Riva,being his girlfriend and having the run of the house probably -for example her DNA on a cricket bat isn t exactly damning- sure,hairs and shattered bone recovered from said bat would obviously present a different story.They SHOULD be able to competently recover that IMHO.
Establishing time and cause of death.....
Someone whacked about the cranium then shot....within a short space of time?
Not particularly straight forward.The correct analysis of the distribution of blood is key.
Suicide?
No I wouldn't t put money on that,he is arrogant,allegedly controlling and probably narcissistic given the adulation he receives.He will soon be channelling the victim mode- unfair trial,racism,hate culture.
God will feature as a material witness very early on in this trial....credo.
Last edited by Eva; Feb 26th 2013 at 8:12 pm.
#163
Re: The Oscar Pistorius shoots girlfriend thread
Surely the forensics in SA are not that incompetent? Establishing time and cause of death are pretty basic things, and like someone else said already if there's evidence of her being bashed with the bat he's done.
A strategy to get him off on a technicality will not be a huge surprise. I doubt he'll run, but can see him topping himself if things start looking particularly unpleasant.
A strategy to get him off on a technicality will not be a huge surprise. I doubt he'll run, but can see him topping himself if things start looking particularly unpleasant.
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The second leg of this trial will be crucial no doubt.