Professor James Grant, Criminal Law Specialist, Wits University, Johannesburg: Both sides respective forensic experts ultimately agreed that the first shot hit the victim in her hip and allowed her at least four seconds to scream, at which point the accused, on his own version, was standing no more than three metres away. If ever there was a case which required that an accused explain how he could possibly have been mistaken, this was it. Yet Pistorius did, at best, a poor job and at worst, he probably did himself a disservice - there are times that one must take responsibility for ones actions. Pistoriuss refusal to do so has placed his credibility in question. When these pieces of evidence are considered in light of the poor impression he probably made as a witness, especially when he claimed that, at the crucial time, the gun simply discharged by itself, in my view, the reasonableness of any doubts about his guilt start to fade. telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/oscar-pistorius/11018205/Legal-View-Why-I-would-find-Oscar-Pistorius-guilty-of-murdering-Reeva-Steenkamp.html
Posted on: Fri, 08 Aug 2014 13:46:06 +0000
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