Thought Id start this one going because its rather dead on this board at the moment and I suppose all my usual muckers are either at the Stella tennis event watching Dim Tim (lose again) or at Henly Regatta eating cucumber sandwiches (they wish,...NOT).

Anyway please feel free to just talk to yourself blast away and let it go on any company or subject you wish. Just wish Id thought of this one before.

cheers GF.

Why on earth were all these people cheering Pistorius when he left court? I wonder if a jury would have reached the same verdict.

I've followed this case with great interest and, for what it's worth (which isn't much, I do suppose), I disagree with Thokozile Masipa, the judge in the case.

Apparently, she has clearly indicated her own acceptance, that Pistorius did not intend to kill Reeva Steenkamp and could conceivably have mistaken her at the dead of night for an intruder.

She believed that Pistorius was terrified for his life, and thought Steenkamp was safely in bed when he fired four bullets through the wooden door.

When Oscar screamed in court how he had twice shouted, "Get the f*** out of my house!" I guess she was thoroughly convinced by his delivery of what was stunningly shocking theatrical evidence.

Therefore, she concluded, he could not be guilty of murder.

Professor James Grant, from Wits Law School, said Pistorius could be forced back into the witness box.

"The State is allowed in exceptional circumstances to appeal when the court makes a mistake of law," he said.

He argued that Judge Masipa asked the wrong question - did he foresee the possibility of killing Steenkamp - when she should have asked whether he *could* have foreseen the possibility of killing whoever was behind the door.

"So Gerrie Nel - the prosecutor - could put Oscar back on the stand again."

Pierre de Vos, a constitutional law expert, agreed and tweeted: "Surely if you shoot into the door of a small toilet and know somebody is behind the door, you foresee and accept possibility of killing?"

This is my view and it is also the view of Reeva Steenkamp's family and friends.

There is evidence missing and this is currently in the media and is being spoken about by one of Oscar's ex-girl friends, namely Samantha Taylor:

Samantha Taylor said she feared he would kill her and revealed she once hid his gun after he flew into a rage at her

Hmmm? No wonder Reeva locked herself into the toilet. She WAS inside the toilet and she HAD locked herself in. She did not want to come out. It just might have been the case that she did not want to argue with or speak to Oscar at that time too. I wonder why that might have been the case?

I think this is NOT over yet and I do hope we see gun crazy, easily angered Oscar Pistorius back in court after an appeal on the verdict and possibly that verdict then changed to Murder......

....any year soon.

he can still be locked away for about as long and with rather fewer grounds on which to appeal

If you think there is an intruder inside the crapper, and you have a gun.

All you have to do is guard the door, whilst your girlfriend phones the security guards (you know, the girlfriend who is tucked up in bed)

It is not a question of whether the Judge thought that he committed murder. I can imagine that she thought he did. It is the lack of evidence of intent that is required for murder. It will be interesting to see the sentence. That may indicate how close she was to a murder verdict. We will have to wait about a month before sentencing.

If you own a gun and think you have an intruder in your toilet, before you start shooting don't you shout something along the lines of -----"I've got a loaded gun, so come out with your hands behind your back". To say that Pistorius seems to have been given the benefit of any doubt is putting it mildly. The gun laws in South Africa seem to be as non-existent as the gun laws in America.

Youve got to remember though that S Africa is still a very violent country when it comes to the blacks who regulary break into the rich white populations houses and burgal/steal from them.

My late Fathers best freind at work went out to live there and was knived to death when he caught them in the act, this was within only having being there 6 months.

I can understand people living at their wits end and carrying guns if that happens.

Wether the bloke is guilty or not Im not quite sure, I would have prefered a jury to have made the decision.

The judge said that there was no evidence that he thought he would kill the person on the other side of the door. Had there been no door and he shot at the person then it would have been different. The state can appeal the verdict. Even with a jury, the judge would have directed them in the same direction.

Fire four 9mm rounds through a door, but expect not to hurt someone on the other side?



What are you smoking?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-29188888

For all you WHO , remember the 60's

Ipsos MORI –

CON 34%, LAB 33%, LDEM 7%, UKIP 15%

That'll cheer Millibandus up no end :-)

but that one doesn't count as it's a rogue and gives an unwanted picture :-)

for the last year or so, Lab lead has been ~6%, which is pretty damn pathetic given the general contempt in which DC and his crew are said to held ....... and what does it say about EM and his lot?

Latest YouGov / The Sun results 11th Sept - Con 31%, Lab 35%, LD 7%, UKIP 16%; APP -25

That's a better results!

You had better hope the No vote wins next Thursday for Labours sake :0). We're all voting Yes we're all voting Yes! Fxxxk off Scotland were all voting Yes !!!!!!

There are a couple of verses of the National Anthem that fell into disuse due to their content. One of them that may need to be resurrected is this:-

Lord, grant that Marshal Wade,
May by thy mighty aid,
Victory bring.
May he sedition hush,
and like a torrent rush,
Rebellious Scots to crush,
God save The King.

Which shares will benefit and which will lose if Scotland gains independence?

LATEST UNS PROJECTION for 2015 election.

Labour 32 Majority

Ignores the result if the cons lose Scotland!

Anyone in the uk or USA in that fact linked to these skum bags whole family should b kicked out and passports taken away ! Stop being too soft this problem needs fixing ASAP before it gets out of control !

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very true the families of these people must be kicked out of the uk
muslims killing in the name of allah evil religion