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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/blog/2013/feb/20/oscar-pistorius-bail-hearing-day-two-live-coverage

 

Prosecution seem to have their act together today.

 

Botha says that the toilet itself is to the left in the toilet room. He says the bullets were fired diagonally through the door.

 

But Steenkamp's injuries were on her right side. Botha says this indicates that she was standing "hiding" on the righthand side of the toilet room – and was not sitting on the toilet.

 

The shots went through her clothes, showing she was dressed when she was shot.

 

Botha says more charges will be added: possession of unlicenced ammunition, since they found .38 Special rounds in a bedroom safe. He had no licence for a .38 calibre weapon. He had a licence for a 9mm pistol.

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Reading the BBC feed it looks like the prosecution officer who is quoted above is a bit of an neep and the defense lawyers have ran rings round him and found a heap of holes in his evidence and has turned the trial.

 

"We're in terrible trouble" says junior prosecution official leaving court.

 

 

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Bail decision due at 12.30.  I'll be surprised if he doesn't get bail, although I'm not sure he should get bail as the fundamental question still exists - why did he not check that it was his girlfriend in the bathroom before unloading his gun?

 

Prosecution will need to up their game for the full trial.

 

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Bail decision due at 12.30.  I'll be surprised if he doesn't get bail, although I'm not sure he should get bail as the fundamental question still exists - why did he not check that it was his girlfriend in the bathroom before unloading his gun?

 

Prosecution will need to up their game for the full trial.

 

 

Doubt that question will ever be properly answered.

 

 

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some SA legal expert was talking about the culture of paranoia in SA, which makes what Pistorius is claiming to have done very common. So then you can basically kill anybody at all and have a very good chance you get away with calling it an accident.

 

also seems like none of these senior south african legal pricks actually care about a woman being killed.

 

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some SA legal expert was talking about the culture of paranoia in SA, which makes what Pistorius is claiming to have done very common. So then you can basically kill anybody at all and have a very good chance you get away with calling it an accident.

 

also seems like none of these senior south african legal pricks actually care about a woman being killed.

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZjwCmJrnlY

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Going slightly off topic but just saw the video from South Africa on the BBC website of the taxi driver who "parked incorrectly" being handcuffed to the back of a police van then dragged away down the street at high speed. Unsurprisgly he is reported to have died at the police station as humans are not built to be dragged along tarmac at high speed.. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21615593  That along with the videos of the police shooting mining protesters in cold blood makes you wonder where South Africa is going and if they can prosecute anyone fairly.

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Going slightly off topic but just saw the video from South Africa on the BBC website of the taxi driver who "parked incorrectly" being handcuffed to the back of a police van then dragged away down the street at high speed. Unsurprisgly he is reported to have died at the police station as humans are not built to be dragged along tarmac at high speed.. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21615593  That along with the videos of the police shooting mining protesters in cold blood makes you wonder where South Africa is going and if they can prosecute anyone fairly.

 

I wouldn't say its going anywhere fast, countries don't tend to move much very quickly  ;)

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