Good reference videos.
With the cricket bat I believe that was bad chinese whispers the British and South African press got a hold of. The police confirmed the bat wasn't bloody. At least that is what I last read 2 weeks ago. Pistorius said he used the bat to pry the door open to the toilet after he had shot.
Note this was around the same time certain papers were guessing the layout of the bedroom and getting it wrong. That same paper also had the bat drawn in the picture for dramatic effect.
The thing to note is Pistorius damn well knew that the person was trapped in the toilet stall within the bathroom. He had a gun. Law in South Africa is clear. You can shoot an intruder in your home IF they attack you. Someone locked in a stall is not an immediate threat. He had no legal right to shoot. He have distance and a gun regardless of whether Pistorius had his prosthetic's on or not.
The legal rights on self defense against house intruders was one of the first issues raised in papers. What I read was clear. By his own testimony, he illegally shot a person. Didn't think to ask who they were did he? Didn't warn them he was armed. He just shot. Even if it was an accident, he acted irrationally and without consideration. Hence why I believe his supposed alibi is a lie. It's a quickly put together lie. Truth be told I think he saw her iPad and found messages to other men that were sent as SMS, completely lost the plot (in tune with stories about his rage) and completely went into a hideous rage. Worse. He had guns in the house and a lack of mental restraint that would stop a normal person who was angry from wielding them against another person whom their rage/anger is directed towards. Just like the Shining videos.
IMO he lost it. I've seen people do it unarmed, sure not to that degree, but to the point where another person (me) had to physically intervene or something or someone was going to get beaten or perhaps killed. They're already highly agitated, venting and holding onto their wrath and one thing tips it over. That tipping point is never rational BTW. It's illogical. Chemical imbalance in the perpetrators brain brought on by their cognitive habits (what they think and do daily, monthly and annually aka they made a choice to be like this). I think it was jealous rage that was unleashed after finding a text from another male his insecurity deemed a rival. His story has holes all through it. It fails the common sense test.
Now somebody may excuse him with FEAR. Another psychological imperative that drives people to do and commit bad and negative things. It is also irrational. I don't buy it here. As I said, he had the person his testimony states was THOUGHT TO BE AN INTRUDER, cornered and locked in a toilet stall. They were not going to get out of the house if he backed away and got his legs other than thru a window. Anyone see the pictures of his dogs? Massive cross bred monsters who would tear chunks out of anyone who jumped into his back yard. Did he give a warning? Nope. Had all the power and control and fired. Not once, but four times. So IMO fear goes out the door as well. He wasn't afraid.
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