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11 Sep 2014
Here is everything you need to know from today's court proceeding.
Oscar Judgment Day 1 summary WATCH:
11 Sep 2014
And that is where we'll end updates today. We'll be back tomorrow morning at 07:00 but News24 will continue bringing you coverage of the trial throughout the night.
Cheers for now.
11 Sep 2014
Pistorius and his family have arrived back home. The end of a long tough day for him. And it continues tomorrow.
11 Sep 2014
"Pistorius leaves court through great heaving throng of TV cameras and people with camera phones," tweets David Smith.
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11 Sep 2014
"Asked Pistorius how he felt the day went but he looked straight ahead, said nothing and kept walking," tweets The Guardian's David Smith.
11 Sep 2014
"Oscar is still sitting in a corner of the courtroom talking to his aunt. His sister is sitting on the arm of his chair stroking his head," Wiener tweets.
11 Sep 2014
Mandy Wiener tweets: "So - there is a difference between OP 'SHOULD HAVE' foreseen and OP 'DID' foresee consequences of actions. ie Masipa believes him."
11 Sep 2014
TM: Accused knew there was person behind toilet door, chose to use firearm, he was competent as he'd been trained.
11 Sep 2014
OP had time to think and consider actions. I'm satisfied his actions weren't that of a reasonable person - TM
11 Sep 2014
OP's conduct could be better explained by looking at his background (paranoid mother). It is just that. An explanation. Many people in this country have been victims of crime and not resorted to firearms. - TM
11 Sep 2014
TM: At time Pistorius heard window slide open, he was nearer to balcony than the bathroom (ie he could have called for help)
11 Sep 2014
TM says accused could have called for help in less time it took to shoot through the door.
11 Sep 2014
Many people in this country with no security at all, says TM, saying OP had other options for dealing with perceived threat.
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Masipa: Defence tried to persuade this court that accused's disability rendered him more vulnerable.
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TM cites case law showing days of total objectivity are over...what was reasonable in the past isn't reasonable today...
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TM says this test asks if a reasonable person would have acted in the same way as the accused?
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TM explains that the court must use the test of the Reasonable Man to determine whether OP was negligent or not.
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"Keep in mind, OP could still face a jail term. Culpable homicide carries max of 15 years but no minimum sentence," tweets Mandy Wiener.
11 Sep 2014
"Even the lawyers we've been speaking to seem to say they don't quite understand the application of dolus eventualis by the judge," tweets EWN reporter Mandy Wiener.
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11 Sep 2014
Here are the latest stats on how News24 users think judgment will go.
11 Sep 2014
An emotional Pistorius is seen in the dock as judgment is handed down in his murder trial at
the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria.
11 Sep 2014
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11 Sep 2014
"If she finds him guilty of culp he may still get a prison sentence. But there is no prescribed sentence. Could also be suspended sentence," reckons attorney David Dadic.
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11 Sep 2014
Take a look at the media madness that accompanied OP's arrival at court this morning
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11 Sep 2014
Masipa stops speaking. OP is extremely emotional now.
Masipa agrees to an early lunch. Court adjourns.
11 Sep 2014
OP is "rocking slightly in the dock, red-faced, crying, grinding his jaw", tweets Nastasya Tay.
11 Sep 2014
Question is did OP foresee the possibility of death when he shot, TM asks. This is key to murder verdict. Answer has to be no. How could he? asks Judge.
11 Sep 2014
Masipa explaining why there is no dolus eventualis - OP told several people same version of events in moments after shooting. It highly unlikely the accused made up version about intruder so quickly after shooting, she says.
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TM: The evidence does not support the state’s contention that this is a case of dolus eventualis.
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Masipa: There is no doubt that when the accused fired shots at the door he acted unlawfully.
11 Sep 2014
TM: The accused said he did not intend to kill the deceased but the court is entitled to look at the evidence as a whole.
