Recent content by mhiforme

Update, 2,189 days

I strongly disagree. Just as Aimee moved to London, maybe it's time for Oscar to spread his wings and leave SA. Perhaps move to the US where no one knows him and no one cares one way or another about him. With family money and his youth, he'll be in a great position to reboot his life, get...

Was the man who stole the goats suffering from a severe physical disability. Was he his own version of "two Oscars", one a world athlete and the other a handicapped person? Without knowing all the details of that case, it is impossible to compare the sentences.

BIB, there was no credible evidence that it was domestic violence, Oscar killed an intruder who turned out to be Reva.

Barry was put on the stand by Nel and his evidence needed to be addressed by Masipa, just like every other witness. It was Nel's fault for putting him on the witness stand to try and draw some sympathy.

Like there wasn't before this case?

Roux has already said Oscar has acknowledged that he took the life of the deceased.

I don't find it embarrassing, Masipa's mother tongue is not English. I could only imagine how well we'd all do trying read a lengthy judgement in her mother tongue, now that would be embarrassing.

Roux has done a masterful job with this case and is worth his weight in gold. At every step of the way, he was laying the foundation for his case but people couldn't see the full picture until Masipa's decision last night. Oscar taking correspondence, Oscar reaching out to the family, Oscar...

Anxiety and depression do have a genetic component to it, so it is relevant.

When two people are in love, that bond can be permanent and even transcends death. Today, I'm reminded of Oscar's ITV interview when he opened up to the public and said that Reva would not want him to rot in jail. It looks like Reva was smiling down on him and Oscar has been given an...

You have to really admire Masipa to sticking to her values. Even when Andrea Johnson and the prosecution tried to bully Masipa by threatening to appeal any sentence under 8 years, Masipa still held to her ground. Could you imagine the uproar the mob would be in if Roux had done something like...

One of the things that really struck me was when Masipa spoke about mob justice and how Oscar was being unjustly punished by the mob. The example she gave was that there was a fight between the deceased and Oscar and that Oscar chased the deceased into the bathroom and shot her. That was never...

It's also not an Oscar bashing thread, but for the most part that is what this trial has been. We keep hearing about how evil the Pistorius family is but we haven't seen a lot of balance that shows the other side about this family. This is his family and the bond is strong.

Oscar's been through a lot in his life with the loss of his mother, abandonment by his father and yet the siblings have stayed strong together. Just one more example of sibling love shown in court yesterday with this pic