Yes.......The ban on the pics pre the original trial was the correct thing to do, and the lifting of the ban now is the correct thing to do. I was a teeny bit anxious that Masipa would not see the point of lifting the ban, but it is the right time and the right thing to do, probably more so in the light of Oscar's disrespect to the court ( and South Africa ) in barrelling on with the ITV program , a bigger slap in the face to the court I cannot imagine, so as a sort of provocation of karma the releasing of the pics is right, but that is an aside.
As a legality and as an underlining of the public effect of crime, that nothing is hidden, that a crime has it's own dynamic , removed from both the victim and the perpetrator, that Oscar has no say, no control over the public observation of the crime he did indeed commit, releasing the photo's now is inevitable and unarguable.
And it is , in a way, co-incidental that the release of them takes place now. Before the airing of Oscar as Poor Oscar, before the sentencing.
No wonder Roux fought for his client on this matter. No wonder Nel kept at it like a terrier with a bone.
