Not guilty of murder !

[JV44]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/

[Worms]

Totally stumped!

[Steve Walker]

I didn't think he had a leg to stand on!

[ayjay]

Found guilty of manslaughter - sentencing will be on October 13th.

[Puzzled]

There's a move to prove that Reeva Steenkamp actually committed suicide by deliberately walking into four randomly aimed bullets.

[chesters1]

With a good set of lawyers they just probably could ,at least in this case theres 11 gullible people missing to influence either way

[Ken L]

Found guilty of manslaughter - sentencing will be on October 13th.

No, basically found guilty of recklessly discharging a weapon. Not even close to manslaughter. Sentence is going to be a slap on the wrist.

[ayjay]

No, basically found guilty of recklessly discharging a weapon. Not even close to manslaughter. Sentence is going to be a slap on the wrist.

 

 

From the BBC report, (and repeated in dozens of others).

Oscar Pistorius was a picture of composure as the judge announced he was guilty of culpable homicide,

 

Culpable homicide is the South African equivalent of what would be manslaughter under the British judicial system. 15 years is the maximum sentence, (in SA).

[poledark]

As the judge said, he knew someone was behind the door, whoever it was had very little space to use to to take avoiding action, Oscar knew the room was small and was well aware that he was almost certainly going to hit that person when he fired several shots. Therefor his intention was quite clear, and his action was "culpable"

 

Den

Edited September 13, 2014 by poledark