Thursday, September 11, 2014

Pistorius guilty of culpable homicide, not murder

INTRO:  The judge in the murder trial of paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius has ruled there was not sufficient evidence to convict him of the intentional or premeditated murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Delivering her judgement in the Pretoria High Court, Judge Thokozile Masipa said Pistorius had acted too hastily and negligently when he fired his gun, which amounted to culpable homicide. Pistorius has maintained he mistook her for an intruder when he shot and killed her in February last year. Gary Alfonso was at court ...    
IN: Oscar Pistorius might ...