Oscar Pistorius allegedly kills his girlfriend - reports

[JJ McClure]

I work with a South African girl and her first response was "silly woman should know better than to sneak into someones house in the middle of the night"

 

[KZNSeagull]

I work with a South African girl and her first response was "silly woman should know better than to sneak into someones house in the middle of the night"

. Another top quality export.

 

[madinthehead]

Pistorius’s girlfriend returns home late and makes her last drunken
“I’m totally legless” joke….

 

[somerset]

Apparently mistook her for a burglar. So thats alright then.

Odd as it sounds, burglars if caught in the act, run the real risk in the fog of war, of being shot . SA society is awash with guns, I lived there for 8 years as a kid and teen, my old man had a SA version of the Uzzi when we were in Wynberg, Cape Town in the mid 70's, and he took out several windows when 'chasing' two intruders from the house in the middle of the night, both got away but one was later arrested at the local hospital with a bullet lodged in his ankle. Easy mistake to make in similar circumstances in a society where death from intruders is a real possibility.

 

[Philzo-93]

Odd as it sounds, burglars if caught in the act, run the real risk in the fog of war, of being shot . SA society is awash with guns, I lived there for 8 years as a kid and teen, my old man had a SA version of the Uzzi when we were in Wynberg, Cape Town in the mid 70's, and he took out several windows when 'chasing' two intruders from the house in the middle of the night, both got away but one was later arrested at the local hospital with a bullet lodged in his ankle. Easy mistake to make in similar circumstances in a society where death from intruders is a real possibility.

It's a very confusing subject at first but the mood from what I'm getting in South Africa is that of sympathy. Sympathy towards Pistorius and mourn for Reeva, all still very confusing. But what I want to know is that between the time Pistorius woke up as for the gun, how did he not realise that it was just his girlfriend

 

[birthofanorange]

Apparently, he's just escaped from custody by removing his prosthetic legs. Police are said to be on the trail.

 

[shaolinpunk]

Apparently that whole 'she was surprising him and he thought she was a burglar' thing was a rumour that was never mentioned by police but has been taken as fact

He is being charged with murder, police are opposing bail and say there are "other witnesses"

 

[Triggaaar]

Bloody hell. One would never get over that. How very sad.

Wow. That is sad. RIP.

These. Terrible, terrible news.

 

[Philzo-93]

Police have confirmed there are other witnesses to this; that there have been police calls to the house in the not-so-distant past and beyond of a "domestic nature" and that they are going to prosecute and oppose bail due to "the nature and context of the situation".

More questions than answers!

 

[Muzzy]

Much more to this than meets the eye if you ask me!

I'm certainly not convinced by this "he thought she was an intruder" claims.

 

[somerset]

It's a very confusing subject at first but the mood from what I'm getting in South Africa is that of sympathy. Sympathy towards Pistorius and mourn for Reeva, all still very confusing. But what I want to know is that between the time Pistorius woke up as for the gun, how did he not realise that it was just his girlfriend

I would think he may have questions to answer if there is some domestic 'previous', but my previous comments were simply to set the scene and context of life in SA.

 

[Normal Rob]

Roses are red, Violets are glorious, don't try to surprise Oscar Pistorious .

I have to commend the effort there, I really do.

 

[simmo]

I have to commend the effort there, I really do.

Same as, superb effort.

 

[Farehamseagull]

Bloody hell! Another fallen national hero in South Africa after Hansie Cronje.

Whoever gets the film rights to his life story is going to do very well out of it.

 

[simmo]

Bloody hell! Another fallen national hero in South Africa after Hansie Cronje.

Whoever gets the film rights to his life story is going to do very well out of it.

Especially if he isn't wearing his blades.

 

[Marxo]

This was even worse:
Former Springbok kills daughter in mistake for thief | World news | The Guardian

 

[Paris]

Roses are red, Violets are glorious, don't try to surprise Oscar Pistorious .

or 'don't get involved in a domestic....'

 

[LE19]

This was even worse:
Former Springbok kills daughter in mistake for thief | World news | The Guardian

According to that - "Under South African law it is only permissible to use a firearm when a life is threatened". Seems reasonable.

 

[KZNSeagull]

Odd as it sounds, burglars if caught in the act, run the real risk in the fog of war, of being shot . SA society is awash with guns, I lived there for 8 years as a kid and teen, my old man had a SA version of the Uzzi when we were in Wynberg, Cape Town in the mid 70's, and he took out several windows when 'chasing' two intruders from the house in the middle of the night, both got away but one was later arrested at the local hospital with a bullet lodged in his ankle. Easy mistake to make in similar circumstances in a society where death from intruders is a real possibility.

Couple of things:

Oscar Pistorius lives in a gated, secure estate swarming with security guards. Death from intruders in these circumstances is minimal.
FHM models are not easily confused with burglars.

 

[cowburn86]

Roses are red, Violets are glorious, don't try to surprise Oscar Pistorious .

Take a bow son, superb.