Culpable homicide-convicted paralympian Oscar Pistorius arrived at the High Court in Pretoria on Wednesday for the third day of his sentencing proceedings. He walked briskly to the entrance of the court, followed by four female police officers. He carried a black folder. Camera people and two photographers took pictures and[…]
A prison will not be able to secure Oscar Pistorius’s safety, the High Court in Pretoria heard on Tuesday. “My opinion is that the accused is vulnerable [in prison]. They cannot eliminate his vulnerability and they cannot secure his safety,” Annette Vergeer said under cross-examination from prosecutor Gerrie Nel. “That[…]
There was a strong security presence at the High Court in Pretoria on Tuesday, ahead of day two in the sentencing procedures of culpable homicide-convicted Oscar Pistorius. Local and international media set up about 10 ladders along the entrance of the court as they waited for the athlete’s arrival. Shortly[…]
There was increased security at the High Court in Pretoria on Monday morning ahead of the sentencing procedures in the case against Oscar Pistorius, convicted of culpable homicide. Security guards wheeled out a bag scanner and a walk-through metal detector to the entrance of the court GD. This was the[…]
South African judge Thokozile Masipa has wide latitude in deciding the sentence after several days of legal arguments and testimony that begin Monday. Last month she convicted the double-amputee runner of culpable homicide, or negligent killing. Sentences for such a crime can range from a suspended sentence and a fine[…]
Several legal organisations on Monday said they were concerned by the threats and personal attacks directed at Judge Thokozile Masipa who presided over the trial of paralympian, Oscar Pistorius. The Legal Resources Centre, Section27, and the Centre for Child Law said the wave of criticism directed at Masipa personally in[…]
Oscar Pistorius is free to compete for South Africa again, as long as his running doesn’t go against the ruling of the judge. Pistorius, who is to be sentenced next month after being found guilty in the negligent killing of his girlfriend, could compete at any time because the South[…]
Oscar Pistorius’s family has been warned to keep the culpable homicide-convict on the straight and narrow in the next month while he awaits sentencing. In its opposition to the extension of Pistorius’s R1 million bail, the State referred to an altercation in a Sandton nightclub in July. However, in granting[…]
Oscar Pistorius, convicted of culpable homicide, was led down to the High Court in Pretoria’s holding cells after the State opposed the extension of his bail on Friday. “Culpable homicide is a schedule seven offence,” prosecutor Gerrie Nel said. “[this is a] serious case. Negligently and grossly negligent. Before today[…]
Paralympian Oscar Pistorius is guilty of culpable homicide, Judge Thokozile Masipa ruled in the High Court in Pretoria on Friday. “The unanimous decision of this court is the following. On count one murder…the accused is found is not guilty…instead he is found guilty of culpable homicide,” she said. “There is[…]
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