Pistorius ‘the sequel’ – justice for Reeva at last?

Reeva Steenkamp murdered by Oscar Pistorius The opening & closing paragraphs of a blog published here sixteen months ago are reproduced below: “Any hope and prayers we might have had for Judge Masipa to do what is right to administer justice for Reeva Steenkamp, were dashed again today when once more she has shown scant […]

Finally the sentence is delivered for murderer Oscar Pistorius –about time but another travesty too, surely?

Reeva Steenkamp murdered by Oscar Pistorius Oscar Pistorius has been sentenced to only 6 years in jail for the murder of Reeva Steenkamp – an insult to common justice, surely? Any hope and prayers we might have had for Judge Masipa to do what is right to administer justice for Reeva Steenkamp, were dashed again […]

Oscar Pistorius in Court AGAIN to face South African Justice – WHAT Justice though?

Reeva Steenkamp murdered by Oscar Pistorius Its déjà vu time again isn’t it with Oscar Pistorius back in court facing once again sentencing for his crimes? This time for the murder of Reeva Steenkamp. Oh yes he was there before for the exact same reason 2 months ago, when he was simply released on further […]

Murderer Oscar Pistorius still remains free – are we surprised?

Reeva Steenkamp murdered by Oscar Pistorius In early March the post ‘Convicted Murderer Oscar Pistorius finally bites the dust – or will he really?’ suggested that many of us would be unsurprised if his smart-arsed legal eagles pulled another smart card from their sleeve, to get him some special kind of dispensation and treatment – […]

Convicted Murderer Oscar Pistorius finally bites the dust – or will he really?

Reeva Steenkamp killed & indeed murdered Anyone around the World who has paid any interest whatsoever in the case of Oscar Pistorius, will have been aghast at his crime when he murdered girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, repeatedly blasting her away with a gun in the night, and his subsequent unbelievably soft and indulgent treatment by the […]

Oscar Pistorius and a plan for a law degree at a ‘London University’ – is that a credible matter?

Reeva Steenkamp killed & indeed murdered We all perhaps tended to ignore it at the time, when an inappropriately smirking Pistorius announced at his latest bail hearing last December that he ‘needed’ daily internet access, so that he could pursue his studies on a business with law degree at a London University (unspecified of course, […]

Oscar Pistorius plays the discrimination card – we should all have guessed that was coming, shouldn’t we?

Reeva Steenkamp killed & indeed murdered In his latest recently lodged Constitutional Court appeal papers, Oscar Pistorius claims that the South African Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) in finding him guilty of murder, was discriminating against him because of his ‘disability’ – this is a little bit rich coming from someone who has fought, and […]

Pistorius heading for the South African Constitutional Court – another successful ploy to escape justice?

Reeva Steenkamp killed If anyone thought for a moment that South African justice would somehow apply to murderer Oscar Pistorius, such expectations were dashed again a couple of weeks ago, as reported here, when he was back in Pretoria’s High Court to ask for bail. Unbelievable it was granted once more despite his new murder […]

The murky process of dealing-out justice to murderer Oscar Pistorius staggers on and on – it never failing to amaze?

Reeva Steenkamp killed The South African Justice System is making itself a worldwide laughing stock, don’t you think? The latest part in the disturbing saga staring malevolent Oscar Pistorius came today when he was back in Pretoria’s High Court. He was convicted by the SA Supreme Court last week of murder. In any other jurisdiction […]

Judgment on Oscar Pistorius’s manslaughter conviction to be replaced with one of murder – well overdue? UPDATED – RESULT UPGRADED TO ‘MURDER’!

Reeva Steenkamp killed October 3 2015 In an unprecedented move, the 5 man appeal panel chairman, Mr Justice Lorimer Leach in the Appeal Court in Bloemfontein read out their written verdict that Oscar Pistorius’ manslaughter conviction was now upgraded to one of murder, as Judge Masipa’s original decision had been confusing and flawed. She had […]