Bobbie Elliott
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Murder directus.
In 2004 Rudi Visagie, a well known Rugby Player in SA, shot and killed his teenage daughter that he mistook for someone stealing their car one night. He was so remorseful he turned himself in immediately and apparently stated to authorities: "My life is already over, do with me what you will."
Excerpt from article:
"Dreyer, in a submission to the prosecuting authority, argued that Visagie should not be prosecuted on humanitarian grounds as the death of his daughter had been punishment enough. Steve Tuson of the Wits Law Clinic applauded the decision. "If the facts as portrayed in the media, that there was a genuine mistaking of circumstances and that it was reasonable for him to assume that the car was being stolen, then strictly speaking his conduct was negligent. Any punishment the court may well impose can in no way approach the punishment Visagie must put on himself. He must be living a thousand agonies every single day." Makhosini Nkosi, spokesperson for the National Prosecuting Authority, confirmed that Visagie would not be prosecuted. "There's no doubt that Visagie's culpability in the matter can be argued successfully in court, but we believe that justice wouldn't ultimately be served. "He has been through traumatic circumstances, and his pain would only have been aggravated by his part in her death. We feel he has learned a hard lesson and the courts cannot achieve more than that," he said.
In contrast we have Oscar.
When asked who should be blamed for shooting Reeva, his answer: "I don't know Milady." He has not shown proof of living 'a thousand agonies' as Mr Visagie endured above. Instead he carried on with training, went to Mozambique and started a new relationship.
He has tried to escape all responsibility, for Tasha's and for the incident through the sunroof, as for Reeva, he seems solely concerned with escaping all consequences of his actions that night...including using self-defense, then "not sure why" and finally GAD.
As Nel put it: "That your version is not only untruthful but it's so improbable that it cannot be reasonably possibly true . The court WILL on the objective fact and circumstantial evidence, make the following findings I'm putting it as strong as this, the court WILL Mr. Pistorius...."
Looking at testimony, forensics, circumstantial evidence and OP's version, I agree with Nel. I say Murder directus.
Justice must prevail.
BGT
Thank you for this excellent post. For me, it's actually brought a new perspective to the case and trial. Even though the court is to only assess what happened during the murder based on the behaviour of a "reasonable" person, your post highlights that the behaviour of a killer post-murder can say an awful lot.
IMO, after killing his daughter, Rudi Visagie behaved as a reasonable person would. By comparison, post-murder, OP has not behaved like a reasonable person would after killing the love of his life. He won't even say "I shot Reeva". Instead, there's all this BS about a "firearm" which behaved independently of him.
I know some Websleuths have said, and will continue to say "Everyone grieves in their own way" (ergo, this is OP's way). But, the chasm between the 2 different manifestations of grief is so huge as to make OP's version unbelievable.