Photos of Oscar Pistorius, taken moments after he shot and killed Reeva Steenkamp, have gone public after being shown in court, during the ‘trial of the century.’
As one of the greatest reality television shows continues to play out across the world’s TV screens, questions are coming up about the various characters and details in the courtroom.
No doubt you’ll have noticed by now that Oscar Pistorius’ defence council, Advocate Barry Roux enjoys putting it to people. He puts it to them, he gets back to putting it to them, and then he puts it on their studio. He’s also putting it all over Twitter.
Pop the champagne, we have gone full circle. Mashable’s article on the ever increasing interest of the Oscar Pistorius trial, is a good read, but it is our own little feature that we would like to point out.
There seems to be a lot of chatter about the blonde lawyer in the background, typing furiously on her laptop in the Oscar Pistorius murder trial courtroom. We did some digging and found this for you.
In a very interesting twist this morning, state prosecutor in the Oscar Pistorius murder trial, Gerrie Nel, asked witness Colonel Vermeulen (demonstrating where the cricket bat hit the door) to crouch down on his knees when doing so.
When men try to imitate the voice of a woman, they typically raise their voices to a higher pitch, and in the end, sound like men imitating women. Actually training a man to “sound” like a woman is enormously difficult and doesn’t have much to do with pitch, says Monique Rissen- Harrisberg CEO of one of South Africa’s leading communication’s training companies, The Voice Clinic.
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Much has been made of the defence’s argument in the Oscar Pistorius trial that witnesses Michelle Burger and Charl Johnson did not in fact hear gun shots on the morning of 14 February 2013, but the sound of Oscar Pistorius beating down the bathroom door with a cricket bat in an attempt to reach Reeva Steenkamp, and save her life.
The BBC has apologised for playing audio clips of howling dogs, a shrieking woman and yelling men during a radio report on Oscar Pistorius’s trial proceedings. The radio host claimed the sound clips to be due to “technical problems” – sure. It’s not the first time BBC offered an apology after reporting about Pistorius’s case. […]
Piers Morgan might be going off air due to poor ratings soon, but the Brit had our back when American lawyer, Alan Dershowitz, called South Africa a “failed country.”
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Faithful fans will always defend their idol. Chris Brown has a Twitter following that defends him every time he is in the news for assault or domestic violence charges and they go by the hashtag #teambreezy. Oscar Pistorius also has his own Twitter fan club that lend their full support: #Pistorians.
There are always two sides to a story, but the court will decide which narrative of the events is the truth. Pistorius’ and the state’s versions of what happened in the early hours of 14 February 2013, have been rendered in 3D.
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Beeld newspaper has taken a photo from Google Maps and clearly marked off where Oscar Pistorius’ house is in relation to the estate where the first witness, Michelle Burger, lives. His defense team have implied that she might have mistaken the cricket bat for gunshots.
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As the frenzy surrounding Oscar Pistorius’ trial reaches fever pitch, are ads like this warranted? DStv has dedicated an entire channel to the court case and the events surrounding it. It begs the question whether the media, at the expense of accuracy, are provoking the public and thus cashing in on the death of Reeva Steenkamp. Are they going too far? The opposing argument: it’s a murder trial, it’s 2014, and the people do want to know.
What is the appropriate time period to grieve a loved one before moving on? A photo of Pistorius’s alleged new girlfriend has hit the news stands, while one of his exes prepares to testify at his murder trial.
Paddy Power is adding more fuel to the Pistorius fire with their controversial ad, declaring they will refund all losing bets if Pistorius walks. Last week Paddy Power announced that they are offering the opportunity for people to make bets on the outcome of the trial. Since then there has been an outcry from the public, saying that Paddy Power is trivialising the death of Reeva Steenkamp.
Putin declares war. Pistorius trial kicks off. American Hustle gets 0 from 10. The Telkom / MTN deal. Medical Examiner gives official cause of Hoffman death. Mob sent hitman to whack Giuliani. And the worst movie of the year is..
Pistorius investigators meet Apple. Reeva’s dad suffers stroke. Ukraine president appears in Moscow. Egyptian military reckons they’ve cured HIV. And Hepatitis C. Bullock will make $70 million for Gravity. British agency intercepts webcam images.
Oscar Pistorius’s trial is becoming a day at the horse races. Irish bookmaker, Paddy Power, is sparking controversy by offering bets on the outcome of the trial.
Who do you call when you need expert opinions on a celebrity murder case? OJ Simpson’s defense lawyer, of course.
My how the cookie has crumbled. Charly’s Bakery tried to cash in on the media circus revolving Oscar Pistorius’s trial, by creating meme cookies. Their creation backfired and has left a bad taste in the mouths of the bakery’s online following.
2oceansviber @sanitycheeks spotted something quite odd yesterday: Two tweets from the highly publicised @oscarhardtruth Twitter account were deleted. Luckily there is a screenshot of the tweets before they were removed.
The trial of Oscar Pistorius will be partially televised. Thus spake Judge Dunstan Mlambo at the North Gauteng High Court.
In one week’s time, Oscar Pistorius will stand trial for murder. Beeld newspaper have put together 21 burning questions that need to be answered.
Even God has a Twitter account, so why not Pistorius’s PR team. A week before Oscar Pistorius goes on trial his public relations team have set up a Twitter account, that claims to reveal the truth about the trial’s proceedings.
Yup, that’s the vibe the Sunday Times are going for this morning, and it looks like the state has evidence too – by way of the surfing history on one of Pistorius’ phones. How this will look in the eyes of a judge presiding over a murder case, is anyone’s guess.