Wednesday 30 April 2014

Your views on... The Oscar Pistorius trial

Today, Jade shares with us her views on the controversial Oscar Pistorius trial. 

"'Who dunnit?' That's usually the phrase on everyone's lips, but this time its 'did he?' or 'didn't he?'. The case of Oscar Pistorius, the man who shot his girlfriend on Valentines Day. The prosecution is arguing it was motivated and he planned to kill girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp with texts sent by Steenkamp telling Pistorius she was scared of him. While I have heard (but not many others have) that she climbed through a bathroom window in order to surprise her boyfriend on valentines day. Pistorius is supposedly going to be convicted of other offences with a gun, so perhaps silently creeping into a house may make you appear like an intruder. Although now the news is now reporting that he supposedly broke down the toilet door where Steenkamp was hiding with a bat, which isn't really in-keeping with his story. One thing I am not sure I agree with, is that only one judge (as the trial is taking place in South Africa) will make the life-changing decision on the fate of Pistorius and all it comes down too is how strong the evidence is and how good they are at legal reasoning. Personally, I genuinely think it was an accident and that he thought she was an intruder."

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