Pistorius trial: TV pantomime where the judge makes up the rules
The absurd decision not to hear certain evidence in public at the Oscar Pistorius trial because it might upset Reeva Steenkamp’s family has no place in a court of law.
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Pictures of Oscar Pistorius standing on his blood-stained prosthetic legs, taken shortly after he fatally shot his girlfriend, are shown in court.
Barry Roux, the lawyer defending Oscar Pistorius, asks former police colonel Schoombie van Rensburg why evidence had been moved or tampered with before crime scene photos were taken.
The first officer at the scene describes finding splatters of blood at Oscar Pistorius’s home on the night he killed Reeva Steenkamp, as the first photos from the scene provoke gasps in court.
The absurd decision not to hear certain evidence in public at the Oscar Pistorius trial because it might upset Reeva Steenkamp’s family has no place in a court of law.
Black Talons had such a bad press – even for a bullet – that their manufacturer stopped selling them to the public. Now the Pistorius trial sees them resurrected.
Oscar Pistorius vomits and retches in court on hearing graphic details of the injuries that killed Reeva Steenkamp. The judge banned live broadcast and reporting of the pathologist’s testimony.
The judge banned direct reporting of some of the graphic testimony on day six of the Oscar Pistorius trial But Debora Patta argues that the public has a right to hear these details.
Oscar Pistorius certainly divides opinion. And no, I am not talking about whether he is a murderer or not. I’m talking about why we care – if we do care – about this case.
Oscar Pistorius breaks down in court as the first person at the scene describes finding Reeva Steenkamp just before she died, and the athlete crying over her body.
“Please say it was you”: on day three of the Oscar Pistorius murder trial, boxer Kevin Lerena says the athlete asked a friend to take the blame for accidentally firing a gun in a restaurant.
It was billed as the “trial of the century”. But procedural mistakes have dogged proceedings in the Pretoria courtroom where Oscar PIstorius is standing trial for murder.
A witness tells court she heard a couple having a fight for an hour before gunshots rang out on the night Reeva Steenkamp was killed, and Oscar Pistorius sheds a tear on hearing about her injuries.
Oscar Pistorius had transcended disability to become a sporting superstar. Now he stands trial for the murder of Reeva Steenkamp. Debora Patta sets the scene for South Africa’s trial of the century.
“The loss of Reeva… I will carry with me for the rest of my life”: Paralympic star Oscar Pistorius breaks his silence and speaks out, one year after shooting his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp dead.
“Blade Runner” athlete Oscar Pistorius appears briefly at a pre-trial hearing in Pretoria, where the magistrate sets 19 August as the date for his trial for the murder of Reeva Steenkamp.