Paralympian Oscar Pistorius will spend another night wondering about his fate as judgment in his murder trial was adjourned early on Thursday. Judge Thokozile Masipa adjourned proceedings in the High Court in Pretoria before dealing with the matter of whether Pistorius was guilty of culpable homicide. This was after she[…]
Paralympian Oscar Pistorius is not guilty of murder but can still be found guilty of culpable homicide, Judge Thokozile Masipa said in the High Court in Pretoria on Thursday. “The accused therefore cannot be found guilty of murder dolus eventualis [legal intent]… that however is not the end of the[…]
Reeva Steenkamp’s family will be in the High Court in Johannesburg on Thursday when Judge Thokozile Masipa begins handing down judgment in the murder trial of paralympian Oscar Pistorius. “The family will be there — Reeva’s parents will be there,” Steenkamp’s uncle, Michael Steenkamp, said on Wednesday. He would also[…]
Media and the family of Reeva Steenkamp arrived at the High Court in Pretoria on Friday ahead of the second day of judgement in paralympian Oscar Pistorius’s murder trial. The Steenkamp family arrived with their lawyer Dup de Bruyn and hurried past the media contingent lined up at the door.[…]
Paralympian Oscar Pistorius might be found guilty of killing an intruder, if not his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, a lawyer said on Monday. “I think there is quite a significant risk that Oscar could be convicted of murdering the intruder,” defence lawyer William Booth told the Cape Town Press Club. “He[…]
Paralympic double amputee athlete Oscar Pistorius is guilty of the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, the State said in the High Court in Pretoria on Friday. “My lady, he knew it was a human being in the toilet. His intention was to kill a human being,” prosecutor Gerrie Nel[…]
Final arguments will be heard at the High Court in Pretoria on Friday by murder-accused paralympian Oscar Pistorius’s defence team. Prosecutor Gerrie Nel completed his closing arguments on Thursday. He described Pistorius as a deceitful and dishonest person, who would rather hide behind untruths than admit he murdered his girlfriend[…]
Murder-accused paralympian Oscar Pistorius should be convicted, the High Court in Pretoria heard on Thursday. “If the court will accept that the accused acted in self-defence then he cannot escape the conviction of culpable homicide,” prosecutor Gerrie Nel said during his closing arguments. “Our argument is that the accused should[…]
Final arguments in paralympian Oscar Pistorius’ murder trial will be heard in the High Court in Pretoria on Thursday. Prosecutor Gerrie Nel accused Pistorius of killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in “cold blood” on February 14 last year at his Pretoria home. Nel said the court should find that Pistorius’s[…]
The defence team for murder-accused Oscar Pistorius filed their final argument in the High Court in Pretoria on Monday, his lawyer said. “We have filed our argument and are ready,” said member of the Pistorius legal team, lawyer Brian Webber. Final argument in Pistorius’ murder trial will be heard on[…]
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