And there's also one more person for the Pistoriuses to blame...the attorney Roux met who suggested he read the book on Ubuntu and use it as mitigation.
I found this whole "storyline" of mitigation by Roux laughable & disrespectful to the audience. For several reasons:
A) just the fact he fabricates this "story" of being on a train (or some public transportation) and bumping into attorney who recommends the book on Ubuntu to Roux . . . and then Roux claiming to then go out & purchase book, and during the "Trial of the Century" & the most important trial of Roux's career - at the very peak of it, Roux has extra time on his hands to read a new book. No way...that didn't happen. Please Roux: just talk about the philosophy behind Ubuntu, don't insult us by creating this serendipitous storyline of how this came to be. Please! That did not happen. (Nel had to chuckle about that I'm sure, knowing neither one of them would be finding time in their schedule to even have a meal with their families, much less, read a book suggested by a stranger on a train.)
B) Do not use Ubuntu as a reason for saving Oscar from any time behind bars. It is insulting to Reeva, as Oscar's treatment of Reeva and reason for her life being cut so dramatically short is quite the opposite of the Ubuntu philosophy and way of treating people.
C) Ubuntu places a very high value on the life of a human being. It entails civilized dialogue and tolerance. Harmony, dignity, respect for others and compassion. And "does not favor victory for the most powerful".
So Roux argues Ubuntu for OP, knowing he showed nothing of the sort for Reeva. Not only does OP not embrace this philosophy, he does most everything in his life quite OPPOSITE to it. I don't pretend to understand Ubuntu and it's meaning, but I have read enough to feel, IMO, it's not appropriate to argue it for OP and his crime.