Recent content by Stromm

The differing ways in which way the two balcony excursions were described in the bail affidavit have always seemed (to me) to offer a look into the minds of the defence. "I woke up, went onto the balcony to bring the fan in and closed the sliding doors, the blinds and the curtains." "I...

For OP's story to work, RS has to remain silent in the loo as a tactical choice after OP shouts "Get out of my house! Reeva, ring the police!" (or something in that style). Presumed reason for her silence being that she doesn't want to alert the intruders to her presence in case they take an...

On the porn-viewing thing, I've been wondering whether perhaps the herbal remedy hadn't done the trick vis a vis facilitating Valentinian activities. Possibly he was stealing the occasional furtive look at some of his favourite filth in an attempt to get things off the ground, while RS was...

Harrowing article in the English Guardian newspaper about what life is (or can be) like for a disabled person in a South African gaol. Seems to relate more to prisoners on remand than to convicts, but bleak reading all the same...

I'm right with another contributor on here who said he has to keep checking himself for confirmation bias. Of course you must always give the same weight to evidence that you find troubling or inconvenient as you do to evidence that you find reassuring. Apart from anything else, it can save you...

Couple of minor observations. (Thanks ever so for generous comments about some other stuff I said, by the way). The musicianly sense of gunshot rhythm claimed on behalf of Michelle Burger might sound a bit precious, but I'm sure many of us will instinctively understand it. Although I'm not a...

On a couple of Roux's flights of fancy:- Today's testimony suggests that OP could well cry like a woman. That doesn't seem such a trump-card for the defence. It's in the essential nature of crying that it can often have an androgynous quality. Strangulated high-pitched squeaks are naturally...

Thanks to all for comments and welcomes. Good point about the late discovery of the bullet casing. This laissez-faire attitude to evidence-collection is really unhelpful! Must admit I still fancy this one as being tricky for the defence to get past (though I could well be wrong). Not arguing...

The Curious Incident of the Loo in the Night-Time. (It didn't flush!) As inconceivable as it is that OP would have left the bathroom window open before going to sleep (hence the abandonment of that story), it's also an odd thing for RS to do (to open it) when she went to the loo. But I...

Apologies for repeating some material discussed earlier. Just trying to get my thoughts in order, to see if anyone sees things differently. Intrigued by those subtle changes between OP's bail-application affidavit and his plea-explanation on Day 1 of the trial. Since the changes will look...