Thread: Paralympian Oscar Pistorius accidentally shoots girlfriend

^ story has changed to a domestic so probably arm is a defensive wound.

^ Shot four times.

She's caught him with some incriminating Valentine's Day boinking intelligence. Eg an SMS.

Gone ballistic, and the argument spiralled out of control, plates being chucked, carving knives, and then a gun being brandished.

Originally Posted by pseudolus

She was a good looker as I recall though. Shame when a hot bitch gets wasted. Robber though? Seriously? More a case of him losing his nut and shooting her I reckon.

Well called.

So sad,so senseless,My sorrow for the parents,dreadful times ahead. R.I.P

Roses are red,
Violets are glorious,
Don't try to surprise
Oscar Pistorius.

What do you call a room full of dead people?

An Oscar Pistorius surprise birthday party.

Surely Oscar Pretorius isn't the first bloke to wake up legless on Valentines day and shoot up his girlfriend while imagining she's someone else?

Your assumption may be mistaken. It isn't uncommon to have a bullet enter arms held up defensively and then pass through to re enter at another location.

Originally Posted by Submaniac

So far the news I have heard is (1) he's been arrested (2) he claims he mistook her for an intruder and (3) he shot her in the arm and head.

Kind of don't think it is accidental if the police thought there was enough evidence to arrest him, and the entire mistaking for intruder is kind of hard to justify when he shot her in the arm first, which would make me go "hey dear, you can stop shooting it's me."

Very true - it does seem though that he shot her and killed her.

Why is it that people who do extraordinary things, seem to through it all away in a script that Hollywood would fail to write?

Made has legs cut off aged 1.
Becomes an athlete.
First to compete in able bodied olympics with no legs
Wins a gold at the Paralympics
Shoots his star bird model girlfriend in the head four times.

I think that he had artificial legs - but real feet!

If he represents himself in court, does that make him a paralegal?

Originally Posted by pseudolus

Awful. He's been charged with Murder now.

She has been named as Reeva Steenkamp. What a waste of a class bit of ass.

Just goes to show, it doesn't matter how good looking a bird is, there's always somebody somewhere thats sick of putting up with her.

Originally Posted by Submaniac

Kind of don't think it is accidental

Premeditated is the charge .

Pistorius fall-out: Nike moves to limit brand damage
15 February 2013



"I am the bullet in the chamber" ran the strapline for the Nike advert featuring Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius.

As the South African athlete faced charges of "premeditated murder" in a Pretoria courtroom following the shooting dead of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, his sponsors went into crisis-management mode.

Nike swiftly pulled the unfortunately-worded ads, as the perils of celebrity brand endorsement were brought sharply into focus once again.

Mr Pistorius, who has strongly rejected the murder charge, is thought to have earned several million pounds from sponsorships with Nike, BT, Thierry Mugler, Oakley, and Ossur, the Icelandic firm that makes the prosthetic carbon fibre blades he wears for races.

But in the brutal world of sports sponsorship, the "Blade Runner" stands to lose everything, even presuming his innocence.

When asked whether Nike was considering terminating Mr Pistorius' sponsorship deal, thought to be worth about $2m, a spokesman told the BBC: "We are continuing to monitor the situation closely. It is a police matter."

Nike chooses sports stars that seem to embody and reinforce its high-energy brand. "My body is my weapon. This is how I fight," says one video featuring Mr Pistorius and other South African athletes. Its 2012 annual report contained a headline: "We are on the offense. Always."

Originally Posted by Mid

Premeditated is the charge .

Washington Post
In seeking a premeditated murder charge against Pistorius, prosecutors appear to be claiming they have evidence the athlete planned the killing ahead of time, said William Booth, a prominent Cape Town defense lawyer.
.....

Aljazeera
Steenkamp was shot four times, in the head and the hand, by bullets fired from a 9mm pistol owned by Pistorius, police said on Thursday.

Another example of a fame-addicted athlete who thinks the rules are not for him. In the 'me centered' world of sport it's surprising there isn't more of this stuff happening.

Shot on the shitter. It's on Twitter.

Originally Posted by Hypatia

Your assumption may be mistaken.

Do you not mean astumption?

Originally Posted by Fondles

If he represents himself in court, does that make him a paralegal?

I don't think he has a leg to stand on.

Bloodied cricket bat found at Pistorius home: report
Published: 17 Feb 2013 at 14.44

South African police have found a bloodied cricket bat at the home of Oscar Pistorius, a local newspaper reported Sunday, following the Valentine's Day killing of his model girlfriend.

Police sources close to the investigation told the independent City Press newspaper that Steenkamp's skull had been "crushed".

"There was lots of blood on the bat," one source told the paper.

Police are investigating whether the bat was used to assault Steenkamp, who was shot four times in the early hours of Thursday, or if she used it to defend herself.

Police have dismissed initial suggestions that Pistorius, 26, could have mistaken Steenkamp for an intruder, and City Press said she was wearing a nightie at the time of the killing.

"The suspicion is that the first shot, in the bedroom, hit her in the hip. She then ran and hid herself in the toilet... He fire three more shots," a police source told City Press.

Originally Posted by trabant

"The suspicion is that the first shot, in the bedroom, hit her in the hip. She then ran and hid herself in the toilet... He fire three more shots," a police source told City Press.

Bloody maniacal, if this is true...

what kind of a country is south africa
-we have a dumb athelte shooting a women,
then a thick hapless cop investigating it ,
now we have a pompus judge spending hours on a long winded speech
and granting him bail

Oscar Pistorius case: Hilton Botha, ex-lead detective, quits



Det Botha was allegedly involved in a shooting of a minibus taxi loaded with passengers two years ago

Hilton Botha, the former lead detective in the Oscar Pistorius inquiry, has resigned, South African police confirm.

Det Botha was dropped from the investigation in February after it emerged that he was facing attempted murder charges in another case.

He has also been heavily criticised for giving contradictory evidence at the bail hearing of Mr Pistorius.

The Paralympic champion is accused of killing his girlfriend, model Reeva Steenkamp - a charge he denies.

Mr Pistorius says he mistook her for a burglar when he shot her dead on 14 February.

Ms Steenkamp, 29, died after the athlete fired multiple shots into the toilet of his apartment in a gated housing complex in Pretoria.

Det Botha, the first officer to arrive at the scene of the shooting, was accused of mishandling the investigation after he amended his testimony during fierce questioning by Mr Pistorius's defence lawyers in last month's bail hearing.

It also emerged that the detective was allegedly involved in the shooting of a minibus taxi loaded with passengers two years ago.

The charges against him had originally been dropped but were later reinstated.

Det Botha is set to appear in court in May, along with two other officers also accused of opening fire on the taxi.

Police have not commented on the reasons behind Det Bopha's resignation.

Mr Pistorius, who is charged with premeditated murder, was released on bail on 22 February and is due to appear in court again in June.