Strange moment when both Carl and Oscar Pistorius are seen with heads bowed as if they are ignoring and uncaring of the withering argument from Nel:
“ The extent of the accused was a deviation from normal conduct…his conduct was so close to dolus eventualis. So clearly in response… to be violent negligence…We are not dealing with assault, we are not dealing with motor vehicular…we are dealing with someone firing a shot into a door while knowing someone was there.”
“The unanswered strange things…” of Pistorius versions characterized by Judge Masipa judgement, concerns Nel.
Nel says the court has heard repeatedly from the accused defence: “Please don’t break the accused. Please be merciful, please don’t break the accused.”
But he thinks with Pistorius, it was a “deliberate” act that was devastating: “Broke that family, they are innocent. The accused wants us to believe that I [Pistorius] am a victim. The media victimized me.”…”yet when I wanted the media to highlight what an amazing athlete” the media was used for advantageous reasons.
“We use the handicap as a handicap on the court.” Nel thinks the way Pistorius and the defense use his handicap needed for the prison's, while he hypocritically did not have the same needs in his own home, is "disingenuous".