It's not as if he pumped four 'zombie stoppers' into an aircraft hangar: it was a bleedin' tiny toilet area. How could anyone expect NOT to kill the poor sucker behind that door?
- Bruce MacDonald
This judge thinks that because Pistorius was distraught in the house when Stipp arrived, that it proves he didn't commit dolus eventualis. What a complete idiot. Masipa, of course Pistorius would be distraught at that time, he was probably crying because he realised he'd completely ruined his own life. How can a judge form an opinion on the crime by considering his behaviour AFTER the crime? This judge thinks that because he immediately told friends he thought it was an intruder, that it proves he didn't intend to kill Reeva, well, judge Masipa, he would say that, wouldn't he. For god's sake, any murderer can now cry, make up a story, and you have set the precedent that because they cry and lie, they didn't mean it.
- Iwass Smith
Guns are designed to kill, or at least seriously injure. If you fire even one shot from a gun in the direction you perceive another person to be, you must foresee the real possibility of killing that person, even if the possibility is just 1 in 10 000. Firing 4 shots in the same direction in an small enclosed area radically increases the probability that 1 or more of them may be fatal to the other person. IMHO, a reasonable person must foresee this.
- Sarel van der Walt
The judge also failed to mention a single fact raised by the state to prove Pistorius's version was a lie. What about Cpt Mangena's testimony that Reeva would have had time to scream? The blood on the duvet? The fan chords? Was Masipa asleep during half the trial? She relies only on Oscar's own testimony, despite the fact that she also said he was a bad witness! She relies on a "time line" that occurred only AFTER the shooting! The state's case was blatantly ignored!! I hope Nel appeals. This is a travesty of a judgement.
- John Porter
http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opin...do-the-facts-support-the-finding#.VFw0QKCLKot