Bladerunner Not Guilty of Murder of Girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp

[joseephuss]

http://www.newsweek.com/oscar-pistorius-not-guilty-murder-girlfriend-reeva-steenkamp-269714

Bladerunner Not Guilty of Murder of Girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp

South African Olympic and Paralympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius has been found “not guilty” of murdering long-time girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in the early hours of 14 February 2013.

The court will resume shortly when Judge Thokozile Masipa will deliver her verdict on the charge of culpable homicide, or manslaughter, and other firearms offences.

Masipa accepted the defence’s timeline of events, ruling that the shooting took place at 3.12 in the morning, crucially making the screams of distress heard by neighbours around 3.17am those of a shocked Pistorius and not Steenkamp, meaning her killing was sudden and was unlikely to have been premeditated.

 

[CashMan]

OJ Jr. Got off free...

 

[BigStar]

Still can get manslaughter and the judge specifically said it was an unlawful action; just no premeditation or intent (1/2nd degree Murder off the table)

 

[BringBackThatOleTimeBoys]

This is different from America - judge here would wait until defendant was either not guilty or guilty and cite what it was without further delay.

 

[lane]

that sob is guilty as hell..just like the juice.

 

[joseephuss]

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/13/w...verdict-guilty-of-culpable-homicide.html?_r=0

PRETORIA, South Africa — Oscar Pistorius, the disabled track star who once commanded stellar heights of international competition at the Paralympic and Olympic Games, was found guilty on Friday of culpable homicide, equivalent to manslaughter, after being acquitted of murder charges for killing his girlfriend.