Merckx index said:I thought the most damaging testimony so far was the former GF who said several times he woke her up in the night because he thought he heard a burglar. Yet he doesn't wake up Reeva this time? And the gun is on her side of the bed?
But the verdict will hinge on whether the judge believes that OP might have acted in a way that no one is his senses would act. If the prosecution can't convince the judge that there were screams before the shots, as opposed to before noise that might have been the cricket bat, it will come down to how much leeway you give a scenario that is preposterous but not actually impossible.
the delgados said:Reeva was the one who sensed a predator in her midst. That's why she took her cell phone to a locked bathroom.
No wonder why he's throwing up in court. He knows he's done. Might as well save the money he's spending on lawyers and keep a nest egg for when he's released in 25 years' time.
blackcat said:he would be bottom?
thehog said:?? Don't all men lock the door in the bathroom?![]()
nah, he does not want to use that defence,, imagine the farking he will cop in gaolhappychappy said:He should have murdered her in Texas and been a woman. He'd get a much less harsh sentence.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...athtub-massage-NOT-GUILTY-capital-murder.html
Can Pistorius use the Pu**y Pass if he's not actually a female but only screams like one? Perhaps he can get a Pu**y Pass discount for a certain amount, but not the full 100%.
blackcat said:nah, he does not want to use that defence,, imagine the farking he will cop in gaol
"I scream like a girl, I scream like a girl"
Benotti69 said:In gaol is it "Squeal like a pig boy, squeal like a pig"............![]()
When Paralympian Oscar Pistorius shot his 9mm Parabellum pistol through a locked toilet door on Valentine's Day last year – even if he believed there was an intruder on the other side – he knew he was breaking the law.
In a gun competency test he took in September 2012, Pistorius explained when a gun owner is allowed to use lethal force against an intruder.
"Attack must be against you," he wrote. "Must be unlawful. Must be against person."
When the athlete killed his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on the morning of Feb. 14, 2013, by his account, the model was in a locked toilet, there was no attack and he had no idea who was inside.
The gun competency test – a requirement before a gun license is issued in South Africa – was completed by his own hand. On it, one of his answers reads, "Know your target, and what lies beyond."
Pistorius' full understanding of the illegality of his actions becomes even clearer in his responses to the hypothetical scenarios posed.
You are at home alone in an isolated area, Question 2 asks, far from police and security services. You see two strange men jump over your wall, heading for your house late at night, and you are not expecting visitors. Have they committed an offense that justifies the use of lethal force against them?
With his slightly slanted penmanship, Pistorius answered, "No."
Another questions asks, if the men come to your house, break off the burglar bar, climb in through the window and start to remove your "extremely expensive Hi-Fi," can you discharge a firearm at them?
Again, in pen, "No."
When the burglars realize you're there, behind a security gate 10 meters away, they turn around and order you to leave, or they will kill you; can you discharge a firearm at them because you "fear for your life?"
Another, "No."…
The test shows Pistorius understood the rules of gun ownership and self defense, yet blatantly flouted them.
Pistorius had also spoken of an occasion when he went into "full combat mode" or a "code red" after hearing a noise in his home, "clearing his house" with his gun in hand, only to find it was the tumble dryer.
The Paralympian even tweeted about it.
"Nothing like getting home to hear the washing machine on and thinking its an intruder to go into full combat recon mode into the pantry! waa (sic)" Pistorius tweeted in November 2012.
Rens handed over invoices to the court detailing Pistorius' hefty order of firearms worth some R83,610 (nearly $7,800), in June 2012. It includes two Smith & Wesson revolvers – a .500 caliber and a 38 Special – and three shotguns, including a Mossberg semi-automatic self-loading shotgun, and a Winchester Defender pump-action shotgun.
It also includes two self-loading rifles: a Luvo rifle, and a Vektor LM6 semi-automatic – the civilian version of the military rifle that South African police were armed with during a miners' strike in Marikana that year, when they shot 34 people dead….
When he placed the order for the seven firearms, Pistorius did not have the appropriate license to own more than four.
Oscar Pistorius' lawyer says the double-amputee athlete is selling the house where he killed girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp to raise money for his legal bills.
mikeNphilly said:Don't really care about this case, just some celebrity that shot some one, so the press makes a big deal out it...but just to clear up something that Merckx posted..."Seems that SA is actually stricter in that regard than the U.S. is. Americans get away with shooting home intruders all the time."
In the U.S. alot of states have castle doctrine that thankfully "allows"(as if you need permission) the homeowner to shoot someone that breaks into your house. That test you printed was crazy, making the homeowner have all these rules, but the criminal I guess has no rules. We in the U.S. do not get away with shooting home intruders, we exercise our right to defend out home.
Anyway back to the story about some minor celebrity that shot someone....