An oscar for Oscar?

So who followed Oscar Pistorius' trial today? Acting or not? I think there are so many holes in his well rehearsed story. In saying that, the moment he described finding her was just gut wrenching.

he seems to be back peddling but I guess your local papers have a much better on the trial than us

It sounded a little too well rehearsed to me too, I guess he is the only one who knows what really happened that night and we can only surmise

So true Kathy - we'll probably never know for sure.

Bren, you're getting it exactly as we're getting it - we do have a 24 hour channel but I don't have that on my tv subscription so I am watching it via a news streaming site (and getting very very little work done this week).

My heart breaks for her mother and the family she lived with here in Johannesburg.

Yes Oscar deserves an Oscar. Her poor family having to watch him lying about their child  

Was rather rehearsed as said will never know   

He deserves a standing ovation for today's acting!!!! So unfair on her family!!

So unfair They looked so very angry and annoyed earlier in the day - lots of rolling eyes and shaking heads

Definitely, he is so guilty   

i dont know, i still dont understand why he shot before seeing who it was!!

Exactly, if your partner was not in bed with you surely you would assume it was them in the bathroom not an intruder!

i know! hes an dodgy bloke i would never fire on someone behind an door or whatever it was that just pain stupid! you need to see who you shoting at first becasue if its an love one or friend you never be able to live with yourself again

Exactly! But when he said he woke up and she asked him if he couldn't sleep, then he went to fetch the fans and heard a noise: how do you not realise your loved one who you were just speaking to has gone to the loo? And he said he heard the toilet door shut.

You know, his being overly-concerned with security is a way of life here, and his shoot first look later is also a sad way of life, but I still don't buy it for one minute. Not one!

Let the prosecution (who is nicknamed the pitbull) at him.

it's sad just watching the update on the bbc news

Oh wow that was good - the prosection's turn and Nel stood up and Oscar said "I made a mistake". Nel said "A mistake?! You killed Reeva Steenkamp. Say it. Say I killed Reeva Steenkamp."

Hectic   

why did he fire 4 times? surely once would be enough to stop any nutcase!!

That's for sure. I love the way it ended this afternoon. And all this guy can do is blame everyone else - even blames his legal team. I reckon they've given him enough rope.

do you have the death penalty lisa?

No we don't. What I've read though is this judge is one harsh lady so that's about the only consolation.

he will get life then will he?

Let's hope. They say the probability is 15 - 25 years. I'm sure prosecution is fighting for life, and I did read that in a similar case this judge gave a guy more than 200 years. I'm not actually sure what his defence is going for, I'd imagine minimum?

let hope he get life.... i do feel sorry for him i think having no legs made him like this.. i know other people are who are the same and are normal but it effect people differently

I hope they throw the book at him! He did it IMO without a shadow of doubt!! Xx

Have any of you seen how it ended today or do you only get evening highlights? I love how it ended to rattle him

all the lastest news goes o sky sports news or bbc news they got their own news channel

Ah ok. If you get chance tomorrow try the live streaming (let me know if you want link). It's going to be good, I reckon!

yes please lisa can you give us the link many thanks xx

I've been using this one Bren http://enca.com/oscartrial/

You press play on the middle button around 9:30am our time (so 8:30am your time) and they switch to court as the judge walks in.

This site (www.news24.com) also does live updates and I think they have a live video feed when court is in session

I know the news channels didn't show the graphic image yesterday, thankfully. I was watching live with my mum though when it flashed up and stayed on court screens for ages. Very, very sad.

thanks much appreciated x     

how long is it going to last lisa do you know?

No idea, Steve - and next weekend is Easter, then we have 2 bank holiday weekends in a row and 1 May is a holiday so it could be bloody ever. As glued to it as I am I felt today like the judge should just stop it and lock him up   

The defense said they still have about 15 or so witnesses to call after Oscar. I'm getting no work done   

Oh yes and 7 May will be a holiday as we it's national elections on that day. Look at the Shrien Dewani case - took 4 years to get him here and that's postponed for a month already.

RoxysMum wrote:Oh yes and 7 May will be a holiday as we it's national elections on that day. Look at the Shrien Dewani case - took 4 years to get him here and that's postponed for a month already.

This man owns/owned a home for people with dementia only 10 mins down the road from here   

RoxysMum wrote:Oh yes and 7 May will be a holiday as we it's national elections on that day. Look at the Shrien Dewani case - took 4 years to get him here and that's postponed for a month already.

yea i think it was your jails & justice system why it took some long or something like that   IMO the bloke is gay and he was made to marry her   it must be hard to marry someone you don't love I'm not saying ti right to kill people

Steve wrote:

RoxysMum wrote:Oh yes and 7 May will be a holiday as we it's national elections on that day. Look at the Shrien Dewani case - took 4 years to get him here and that's postponed for a month already.

yea i think it was your jails & justice system why it took some long or something like that   IMO the bloke is gay and he was made to marry her   it must be hard to marry someone you don't love I'm not saying ti right to kill people

Not really sure - I remember the mental health problems, not being fit to stand etc stories but didn't follow it that closely tbh. I do know that us tax payers paid millions for the process and he was sent in a private jet. But at the same time, I understand that reasoning too. Is that home close to you still operating?

The whole small world thing, hey! That place where Oscar let off a shot at a restaurant - it's a very upmarket office and shopping place (can't stand it   ). I once worked in offices there for a little while and guess what, the OH's new job will be there. I told him he best not go to any of those restaurants since clearly they're very relaxed about guns "accidentally" going off   

 maybe before the mental problems   or i may be getting confused with another one   sorry if i am

i know there was something to do with the human right act...

Maybe? As I said I've never followed that one too closely.

the human right act it's on of these stupid things the uk has made where everyone has an right doesn't matter what a person has done becasue they have a right...

Oo bet that 's open to all sorts of comments and opinions

we need to scrape it but the only way to get out of it would be us leaving the EU

Wow, I called that one right! They will land up adjourning until May after all our public holidays. And on it goes......

Heck! I can't bear to watch him crying 'crocodile tears'. It seems to me that people in SA want a guilty verdict   

We sure do!