KZNSeagull
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City Press have published this today... http://www.citypress.co.za/news/exclusive-the-case-against-oscar-2/
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Oscar Pistorius allegedly kills his girlfriend - reports
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vegster
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That makes disturbing reading.
KZNSeagull
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Doesn't it just. Damning if true.
Bold Seagull
strong and stable with me, or...
Would be very interesting to know exactly where City Press managed to get hold of this incredibly detailed information regarding an up and coming case.
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One thing we must all learn from this is never trust a man with no legs that can run faster than you.
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If there was a dead cert on a man getting his knee's dirty waiting in line for a shower, it's Oscar.
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If there was a dead cert on a man getting his knee's dirty waiting in line for a shower, it's Oscar.
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The most curious thing..
Is that a reputable source or the SA equivalent of the Mail on Sunday/Daily Express type crap?
KZNSeagull
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A decent source. They have found all sorts of corruption scandals. The editor got into deep shit last year over The Spear (the painting of Zuma with his knob out), so she is unlikely to publish something that is made up. Does not make it true of course, but they will have decent sources.
KZNSeagull
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From the South African Press Association:
SA police have denied leaking critical information about the Oscar Pistorius murder case which appeared in two Sunday newspapers.
"I don't know where people got these stories," Lt. Col. Katlego Mogale told Sapa.
"Currently we haven't issued a statement or spoken to anyone."
On Sunday, the City Press reported that through "in-depth interviews" with sources "close" to the police investigation, it could reveal that a bloodied cricket bat found at Pistorius' home was going to be a key piece of evidence in court.
The article also detailed a phone call Pistorius allegedly made to his father in the early hours of the morning; as well as the fact police apparently asked for Pistorius to be tested for drugs and steroids.
Reeva Steenkamp, a model and law graduate was shot and killed in the Pretoria home of her paralympian boyfriend, Oscar Pistorius, early Thursday morning.
Pistorius has been charged with murder and is due to appear in court on Tuesday for a formal bail application.
On Sunday, National Prosecuting Authority spokesman Medupe Simasiku called for the source of the reports to the media, to be identified.
"[The newspaper] must confirm where they got the information."
Simasiku said that the NPA had been handed an incomplete police docket on the case on Friday. He said police had told the NPA the docket was incomplete as the investigation was still on the go.
Therefore, said Simasiku, the NPA did not have any sort of information like that published in the paper at hand.
"The information is in police hands."
Simasiku said the leaked information did not necessarily affect the court case as "the evidence [published] might be wrong".
The police's Mogale said she was "not at liberty" to say whether the leaked information was actually from the police docket.
"We can neither confirm nor deny [this]."
She said the leakage was "very serious" and an investigation would take place to discover who had been the sources giving information to the media.
As to what was going on in the investigation; "everything will be revealed in court," she said.
The City Press reported that police were investigating a number of scenarios involving a bloodied bat found in Pistorius' home. These included that Steenkamp used it for self-defence; that Pistorius used it to assault Steenkamp or to break down the bathroom door where Steenkamp was in at the time of the shooting.
The paper also said it could "reveal" that Steenkamp's skull was "crushed" and that police requested Pistorius undergo tests for drugs and steroids.
The paper detailed that Pistorius called his father just after 3.20am on Thursday and asked him to come to the house.
The City Press said when the family arrived, Pistorius was allegedly carrying Steenkamp's body down the stairs.
It said that "all" sources which spoke to its reporters had ruled out the possibility that Steenkamp was shot by Pistorius because he mistook her for an intruder.
Meanwhile the Sunday Independent published an interview with an unnamed "friend" who said she also got a call from Pistorius in the early hours of the morning. When she arrived at Pistorius' home, he was apparently carrying Steenkamp down the stairs.
The "friend" said Pistorius and her tried to help Steenkamp but she was pronounced dead by paramedics who arrived shortly afterwards.
Elvis
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any pics?
Oscar looks like he's in the shit with all that evidence/theory from that press release. He needs to find the SA equivalent of Johnnie Cochrane to beat this rap!!
KZNSeagull
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Google "Zuma the spear painting" - loads on there even though the ANC tried to get it banned!
Oscar's team have hired the old Sun editor Stuart Higgins to handle public relations.
Pretty sure all the recent info has been leaked by someone in the police, possibly with a nod from quite high up, after Oscar's defence was 'leaked' immediately after the incident and the press were happy to report as fact he was the victim of tragic circumstances, rather than the orchestrator of them.
In what will be a very public trial it will help them if he's not already innocent in the 'court of public opinion'.
In what will be a very public trial it will help them if he's not already innocent in the 'court of public opinion'.
Billy the Fish
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What's the legal system like over there?
It always worries me when things go to court this quickly, how have they had time to prepare a proper case?
You have to remember sometimes when looking at these foreign trials, even stuff in europe, that not all legal systems are as fair or meticulous as ours.
It always worries me when things go to court this quickly, how have they had time to prepare a proper case?
You have to remember sometimes when looking at these foreign trials, even stuff in europe, that not all legal systems are as fair or meticulous as ours.
KZNSeagull
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It is only a bail application tomorrow. No date has been set for a trial.
The SA legal system is usually very good - it is based on the English system for criminal law but there is no trial by jury.
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