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Post by Aardvark » October 17, 2014, 4:10 pm

Makes me sick. Community Service for Murder :evil: Life is cheap in SA, someone may get payed so Justice is done .....



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Post by GT93 » October 18, 2014, 1:38 am

The foolish young defendant and his family must be planning a quiet celebration. Nothing too over the top. :(
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Post by Zidane » October 18, 2014, 8:14 am

Yet according to his defence lawyer "Poor Oscar" is the victim here.......he's lost everything.....his girlfriend and,most importantly,his sponsors ! :-&
If he does get community service hopefully it will be in West Africa treating ebola patients and not being allowed to wear protective clothing ! =;
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Post by GT93 » October 18, 2014, 1:39 pm

Oh Zids, where's your sympathy for track and field super stars? If American football superstars can get away with the most gruesome of double murders, why should this much maligned and misjudged young man may spend a night in jail? :(

After all he only wasted one victim and she died quickly. The poor fellow has already had to sell his house to pay for his lawyers. :(

I understand he's already in training for the next Olympics. There will be more than a couple of corporates looking to support him.
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Post by stattointhailand » October 18, 2014, 3:08 pm

How can they even have the balls to suggest that he could not go to prison because he is disabled ?

This IS the guy that would NOT ACCEPT the decision that he was disabled as an athlete. He said he could do anything as well as any able bodied man , but then, that was when it suited him. :confused:

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Post by Shado » October 18, 2014, 5:11 pm

If American football superstars can get away with the most gruesome of double murders, why should this much maligned and misjudged young man may spend a night in jail? :(
Simpson did beat the murder rap but he is doing time (unrelated to the murder case). Plus, there are civil judgments in favor of the victim's families amounting to more than $33 million dollars, of which he has paid little. He has been granted parole but must serve another 3 years or so before he can be released. Justice? Doubtful, but at least he's paying some of his debt owed to society.


"In September 2007, Simpson was arrested in Las Vegas, Nevada, and charged with numerous felonies, including armed robbery and kidnapping. In 2008, he was found guilty and sentenced to 33 years' imprisonment, with a minimum of nine years without parole. He is serving his sentence at the Lovelock Correctional Center in Lovelock, Nevada."

I suspect Pistorius may yet see "civil type" charges brought against him that could cause distress. It will be a while before this plays out completely.

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Post by BobHelm » October 18, 2014, 5:20 pm

I believe that the girlfriends parents are strapped for cash, so civil charges might be an issue. Especially as he has already claimed that he is broke so any lawyer might be reluctant to take on a case where even if won the money due would probably not be forthcoming.

It is difficult to see how justice is going to be served the way things stand at the moment.
Equally the law is the law, for all its' faults & large sums of cash buy the best defence it would seem anywhere in the world.. One law for the rich, one for the poor is a cliche but would appear to be true none the less.

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Post by dezzer » October 21, 2014, 3:42 pm

Oscar pistorious set to prison for 5 years.
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Post by dezzer » October 21, 2014, 3:58 pm

And 3 year suspended for gun crime.
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Post by pomps » October 21, 2014, 4:00 pm

5 year sentence but can be a minimum 8 months in prison on good behaviour then the rest on correctional supervision as per twitter postings on bbc website.

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Post by mortiboy » October 21, 2014, 4:32 pm

I heard 10 months and then House arrest the rest of the term!
If, in the night you heard an intruder, and knew he was hiding in the bog,
Would you just shoot through the door?Four times waist high?
Intruder maybe, but dont deserve a death sentence!
One warning shot to the bottom of the door would have been enough!
Guilty as sin! should have got 10 years no remission!
Of course, thats if he really thought it was a Intruder :roll:
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Post by FrazeeDK » October 21, 2014, 4:35 pm

of all the terrible things going on in the world, seeing BBC and even Fox News cut to the South African court for this Pistorious sentencing was just too much...
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Post by mortiboy » October 21, 2014, 4:39 pm

FrazeeDK wrote:of all the terrible things going on in the world, seeing BBC and even Fox News cut to the South African court for this Pistorious sentencing was just too much...
Seems to me, There is no good news any more!
Every day bad news.So much crap going on around the world and what we get ?
Oscar Pistrorius :lol: I guess thats the end of it now.... or not?
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Post by GT93 » October 22, 2014, 1:22 am

I read the headline saying 5 years and thought that's outside the lower range of possible sentences Justice GT93 would have dished out. Then I read on and see Pistorius got a wet bus ticket. At least his name has joined the likes of OJ in infamy.

I wasn't impressed with the South African justice system. Far too many resources spent on what was really a factually simple case. Over there they probably take 10 plus years to put away white collar criminals.
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Post by Zidane » October 22, 2014, 8:43 am

Oscar Pistorius' lawyers say they have still to decide wether or not to appeal against the sentence but have denied reports in the media that they have asked the Koh Tao police to come over and investigate the prosecutions evidence !

10 months served in jail for killing your girlfriend in cold blood.....its disgraceful....I suppose,at least,they got the right man !
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Post by socksy » October 22, 2014, 9:06 am

A media circus. Once out (in the not too distant future) after this ridiculous sentence - The book and the Film no doubt.
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Post by GT93 » October 22, 2014, 10:06 am

He can write the book while locked up. He might earn more from it than he would have from his normal work.

I think he'll miss the booze and his guns big time while he's in jail. From the stories we heard I think he drinks way more than the average Scot. Probably also more than an Aussie on holiday in Thailand. :(
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Post by Aardvark » October 22, 2014, 3:59 pm

That last statement was ridiculous ..... he wouldn't come close .. [-X

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Post by stattointhailand » October 22, 2014, 4:44 pm

GT was probably basing his argument on the fact that he is always legless Aardy :-"

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Post by pomps » October 22, 2014, 4:54 pm

LOL :D

And when he gets out of prison and is placed under house arrest,where does the electronic tagging go :-k

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