Oscar Pistorius' Valentine's Day Surprise: Blade Runner kills girlfriend

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nature6pk: May 26, 2006; Left Coast Lame-o

The police have come out and said that the theory that it was a Valentines surprise gone wrong did not originate with them.

# ? Feb 15, 2013 03:20

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# ? May 23, 2013 00:54

I CHALLENGE THEE: Aug 25, 2005

All the girlfriends lost... like tears in the rain... time to die

# ? Feb 15, 2013 03:57

LARGE THE HEAD: Sep 1, 2009; "Competitive greatness is when you play your best against the best."

"Learn as if you were to live forever; live as if you were to die tomorrow."

--John Wooden

This will be the first time in Oscar Pistorius' life the word "heel" is used in context.

# ? Feb 15, 2013 04:02

Isaac Bruce Bowen: Apr 23, 2010; ARE YOU RETARDED?

http://deadspin.com/5984511/reports...e-bathroom-door

He's hosed.

# ? Feb 15, 2013 16:48

The broken bones: Jan 3, 2008; And sometimes when I'm falling, flying or tumbling in center I say
Whoa so this is what NedCo means.

good god

# ? Feb 15, 2013 17:53

Crazy Ted: Jul 29, 2003

quote:

Last year, reportedly enraged by learning he had been cheated on by his then-girlfriend (not Steenkamp), he supposedly threatened to break a man's legs.

Looks like he also wanted to bring others down to his level.

# ? Feb 15, 2013 18:39

Intruder: Mar 5, 2003; If you even dream of covering me you'd better wake up and apologize

quote:

Steenkamp was to speak to a group of high schoolers the day she died, in part about escaping an abusive relationship.

g'drat

# ? Feb 15, 2013 20:27

Kelmo: Jul 29, 2002; sidney crosby is my favorite player because he skates fast and he shoots the puck and it goes in the net and everyone cheers and i love him

Intruder posted:

g'drat

Don't worry, they got Rhihanna to replace her.

# ? Feb 16, 2013 09:12

Isaac Bruce Bowen: Apr 23, 2010; ARE YOU RETARDED?

Yeah he's really hosed

# ? Feb 17, 2013 16:44

Declan MacManus: Sep 1, 2011; THREE STAR RECRUIT

_{rip bama's title hopes

9/1/12-11/10/12}

The gauntlet has been thrown, New York Post

# ? Feb 17, 2013 18:33

Hirez: Feb 3, 2003; Weber scored 49 points?

Isaac Bruce Bowen posted:

Yeah he's really hosed

Wow he goes all Joe Pesci in Casino on her. If he some how ends up free, I won't know what the gently caress. (assuming all this is true/reliable info)

# ? Feb 18, 2013 02:47

Dudley: Feb 24, 2003; Tasty

It's being pretty widely reported, I just saw it on CNN International and I'm not seeing anyone claiming it's not true.

We'll know a lot more tomorrow of course.

# ? Feb 18, 2013 19:10

EugeneJ: Feb 5, 2012

His sentence should be having to do the entire Terry Fox run on his stubs

# ? Feb 18, 2013 21:47

Ross: May 25, 2001; German Moses

There are reports that the police found

steroids

at his house now but I haven't seen it on any reputable news sources yet.

# ? Feb 18, 2013 22:28

Intruder: Mar 5, 2003; If you even dream of covering me you'd better wake up and apologize

Apparently he may try the Chris Benoit defense

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/..._n_2712883.html

Seems to be pure speculation by the author of the article though

# ? Feb 19, 2013 00:59

Smorgasbord: Jun 18, 2004; EPO all in my veins
Lately things just don't seem the same
Actin' funny, but I don't know why
'Scuse me while I pass this guy

Ross posted:

There are reports that the police found steroids at his house now but I haven't seen it on any reputable news sources yet.

Forget about steroids, I heard there were

VIOLENT VIDEO GAMES

# ? Feb 19, 2013 05:41

deafmute: Jun 23, 2003; You can't choke if you chew forever

Intruder posted:

Apparently he may try the Chris Benoit defense

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/..._n_2712883.html

Seems to be pure speculation by the author of the article though

Wasn't the Benoit defense to hang yourself before getting arrested?

# ? Feb 19, 2013 05:55

Meat Recital: Mar 26, 2009; the first cut
is the deepest

Benoit likely had CTE/dementia caused by head trauma from over 20+ years in the wrestling business. Pistorius is a loving sprinter.

# ? Feb 19, 2013 06:08

BIZORT: Jan 24, 2003

Sprinting isn't a sport

# ? Feb 19, 2013 06:25

LARGE THE HEAD: Sep 1, 2009; "Competitive greatness is when you play your best against the best."

"Learn as if you were to live forever; live as if you were to die tomorrow."

--John Wooden

EugeneJ posted:

His sentence should be having to do the entire Terry Fox run on his stubs

Terry Fox is a guy that Gendo should name-drop a lot more.

Pistorius was reportedly a drug user so while he likely started from a higher spot than Benoit on the brains totem pole he could just as easily have slid down in little time.

# ? Feb 19, 2013 06:27

hitze: Aug 28, 2007; Give me a dollar. No, the twenty. This is gonna blow your mind...

Rest in Pistorius...

# ? Feb 19, 2013 06:59

Crazy Ted: Jul 29, 2003

I love the juxtaposition of sentences from this article from a New Zealand website:

quote:

JOHANNESBURG - Eyewitness News has learnt that the investigating officer in Oscar Pistorius� criminal case is in fact facing seven counts of attempted murder. The charges are related to a shooting incident which occurred while four policemen, including Botha, were allegedly drunk.

Despite this, police management intend keeping him on the high-profile Pistorius investigation.

Botha, the detective leading the police's investigation into Pistorius' fatal shooting of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in Pretoria East last week, and two other officers are due to appear in court in May.

It is alleged the three law enforcement officials were drunk while driving a state vehicle when they opened fire on a mini-bus taxi loaded with passengers. They were arrested in 2011.

Police have confirmed Botha was arrested for the shooting. The charges were initially dropped, but have since been reinstated.

Police spokesperson Neville Malila said "There was a decision taken by the DPP�s office to charge the members, each one of them with seven counts of attempted murder. That was the number of people that were in the taxi.�

He said Botha was chosen to handle the Pistorius case because he is a seasoned detective and said there were no plans to pull him off the investigation.

�The member is innocent until proven guilty. The member was chosen by the station to do the investigation due to the fact that he is a senior.�

Botha faced a tough time on the stand during the second day of Pistorius' bail application in the Pretoria Magistrate's Court on Wednesday.

While giving testimony on his investigation, he was forced to make several crucial concessions.

One of these was admitting that at this stage there was no evidence to show inconsistencies in the version of events the Blade Runner put to the court on Tuesday.

Botha also admitted to contaminating the crime scene.

Malila said Botha's case will not hamper his investigation into the circumstances of the shooting at the athlete's luxury Silver Lakes home on Valentine�s Day.

The state and police claim Steenkamp�s death was premeditated murder, but Pistorius has denied this, saying he thought he was shooting at an intruder who he believed to be in his bathroom.
Meanwhile, criminal law specialist William Booth said it was too early to tell whether the new revelations will feature in Pistorius' bail application or trial and whether they could have any impact.

"In any criminal matter, be it a trail or bail hearing, if a witness testifies and it�s established he has previous convictions or pending cases, it's a factor which may play a role in respect to his credibility.�

Final arguments in the bail application are expected to be heard at 11am on Thursday.

Seven accounts of attempted murder? Keep him on the job because obviously his focus won't be elsewhere. Also he's such a seasoned detective that he wore his regular work shoes into the crime scene and contaminated it

Crazy Ted fucked around with this message at Feb 21, 2013 around 07:00

# ? Feb 21, 2013 06:58

jeffersonlives: Jul 22, 2007; But I set fire to the Raines
Watched it pour as I stole your base

Crazy Ted posted:

Seven accounts of attempted murder? Keep him on the job because obviously his focus won't be elsewhere. Also he's such a seasoned detective that he wore his regular work shoes into the crime scene and contaminated it

My initial thought upon hearing this is similar to the Roethlisberger surprise sex case: it sure seems like the cops were intentionally trying to tank the case to protect the athlete, doesn't it?

# ? Feb 21, 2013 07:01

Kwik: Apr 4, 2006; You can't touch our beaver.

jeffersonlives posted:

My initial thought upon hearing this is similar to the Roethlisberger surprise sex case: it sure seems like the cops were intentionally trying to tank the case to protect the athlete, doesn't it?

It is a theory, but there is way, way too much bungling going on. If this isn't a tank job, then the prosecutor would go up one side of Botha's rear end and down the other, because he has been reading from the "For the love of Christ, whatever you do, don't do THIS!" section of Criminal Homicide Investigation for the Incompetent.

# ? Feb 21, 2013 07:35

Dudley: Feb 24, 2003; Tasty

Dear god this is the case that keeps on giving isn't it?

# ? Feb 21, 2013 09:07

Crazy Ted: Jul 29, 2003

hahahaha good God the Guardian is reporting this morning that the prosecuting attorneys somehow did not know that Botha - the investigator working on their side - had seven counts of attempted murder hanging over his head before they put him on the stand yesterday

# ? Feb 21, 2013 14:00

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; DAMMIT WESLEY!!!

Supposedly he has now been pulled from the case, but my god what a horrible screw up here.

# ? Feb 21, 2013 17:34

Crazy Ted: Jul 29, 2003

FlamingLiberal posted:

Supposedly he has now been pulled from the case, but my god what a horrible screw up here.

In five years this entire affair will be made into a Black Comedy starring Bradley Cooper with a really bad South African accent.

# ? Feb 21, 2013 20:46

Crazy Ted: Jul 29, 2003

It looks like a new ridiculous player has entered the scene. Pistorius was granted bail, but not before the judge took the occasion to talk to/at him non-stop for two hours.

link

# ? Feb 22, 2013 16:37

LARGE THE HEAD: Sep 1, 2009; "Competitive greatness is when you play your best against the best."

"Learn as if you were to live forever; live as if you were to die tomorrow."

--John Wooden

By the time you read this Oscar Pistorious will be somewhere on the Asian or European continent.

# ? Feb 22, 2013 19:22

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; DAMMIT WESLEY!!!

LARGE THE HEAD posted:

By the time you read this Oscar Pistorious will be somewhere on the Asian or European continent.

I heard he took the first shuttle to Alpha Centauri

# ? Feb 22, 2013 20:14

cucka: Nov 4, 2009; This is where something humorous was supposed to go. Hell, I'm doing it wrong.

Run, Oscar, Run.

# ? Feb 22, 2013 20:16

Crazy Ted: Jul 29, 2003

FlamingLiberal posted:

I heard he took the first shuttle to Alpha Centauri

He got the okay from his probation officer so it's all good.

# ? Feb 23, 2013 03:48

Weebly: May 6, 2007; General Chaos wants you!

You guys forgot one thing. If he does run, there was one South African cop who got kicked off the case who can find him.

# ? Feb 23, 2013 13:49

LARGE THE HEAD: Sep 1, 2009; "Competitive greatness is when you play your best against the best."

"Learn as if you were to live forever; live as if you were to die tomorrow."

--John Wooden

He was a government prosecutor. Which makes his own murder charges all the more hilarious.

# ? Feb 23, 2013 22:26

Street Horrrsing: Mar 24, 2010; Godwalker of The Grateful Prisoner

I thought Tom Sharpe wrote fiction

# ? Feb 24, 2013 01:42

Fazana: Mar 5, 2011; Dancing Elephant
Instructor

They seem to be spacing out the additional nonsense to every few days now, someone has dug up some info on Oscars brother that beforehand had not been public knowledge http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21563911

tl;dr - The brother of South African athlete Oscar Pistorius - accused of murdering his girlfriend - is also facing trial over the death of a woman. Carl Pistorius is charged with culpable homicide over the death of a woman motorcyclist in a traffic accident, his lawyer said.

# ? Feb 24, 2013 08:19

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# ? May 23, 2013 00:54

achillesforever6: Apr 23, 2012; Everyone talks about how awesome Achilles is, but did he ever made the god of war his bitch?

Sadly Diomedesforever6 just doesn't ring as well as Achillesforever6

deafmute posted:

Wasn't the Benoit defense to hang yourself before getting arrested?

And having a brain made of moldy swiss cheese?

# ? Feb 24, 2013 08:43

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