02-14-2013, 04:32 AM
|
#1
|
|
Lifetime Suspension
|
"Blade Runner" Pistorius charged with murdering girlfriend
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/...91D0AE20130214
Quote:
|
Johannesburg's Talk Radio 702 said Pistorius was believed to have shot his girlfriend, a model, in the head and arm, although the circumstances were unclear. The radio had said before the murder charge that he might have mistaken her for a burglar.
|
Quote:
South African Olympic and Paralympic track star Oscar Pistorius, known as the "Blade Runner" for his racing prosthetics, was charged on Thursday with murdering his girlfriend at his home in Pretoria.
Police said they had opened a murder case after a 30-year-old woman was found shot dead at the scene in the upmarket Silverlakes gated community on the outskirts of the capital.
|
-
Last edited by taco.vidal; 02-14-2013 at 04:41 AM.
|
|
|
|
02-14-2013, 06:22 AM
|
#2
|
|
#1 Goaltender
|
Wow, bizarre. If there was ever a valentines day where you could do no wrong in comparison, this is it...
|
|
|
|
|
The Following User Says Thank You to Inglewood Jack For This Useful Post:
|
|
|
02-14-2013, 06:25 AM
|
#3
|
|
Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Calgary, Alberta
|
Well that's just messed.
|
|
|
|
|
02-14-2013, 06:33 AM
|
#4
|
|
#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Calgary...Alberta, Canada
|
While the "thought she was a burglar" reasoning sounds insane to us, it's unfortunately a reality in South Africa, and it happens quite regularly.
However this turns out, it's a very sad story.
__________________
We may curse our bad luck that it's sounds like its; who's sounds like whose; they're sounds like their (and there); and you're sounds like your. But if we are grown-ups who have been through full-time education, we have no excuse for muddling them up.
|
|
|
|
|
The Following User Says Thank You to The Goon For This Useful Post:
|
|
|
02-14-2013, 08:21 AM
|
#5
|
|
Franchise Player
|
he kept a machine gun by a window.......
__________________
If I do not come back avenge my death
|
|
|
|
|
02-14-2013, 08:23 AM
|
#6
|
|
Franchise Player
|
It sounds as though there have been previous incidents at their home, and neighbors did mention disturbances earlier in the evening on this particular night.
Another article pointed out that the notion of an accidental shooting isn't come from police, but appears to be speculation from the South African media as to why a national hero would do this.
|
|
|
|
|
02-14-2013, 08:30 AM
|
#7
|
|
Scoring Winger
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Flabbibulin
It sounds as though there have been previous incidents at their home, and neighbors did mention disturbances earlier in the evening on this particular night.
Another article pointed out that the notion of an accidental shooting isn't come from police, but appears to be speculation from the South African media as to why a national hero would do this.
|
Apparently she was shot 4 times, so I doubt this was an accident.
|
|
|
|
|
02-14-2013, 08:33 AM
|
#8
|
|
Uncle Chester
|
Maybe she was a replicant.
|
|
|
|
|
The Following 9 Users Say Thank You to SportsJunky For This Useful Post:
|
|
|
02-14-2013, 08:33 AM
|
#9
|
|
In the Sin Bin
|
Any other forum and this thread would be filled with puns by now.
|
|
|
|
|
02-14-2013, 08:36 AM
|
#10
|
|
First Line Centre
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Cambodia
|
Now I feel less guilty about my opinion that he shouldn't have been allowed to compete in the Olymics with those blades.
|
|
|
|
|
02-14-2013, 08:37 AM
|
#11
|
|
Franchise Player
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by polak
Any other forum and this thread would be filled with puns by now.
|
If this goes to court he doesn't have a leg to stand on.
|
|
|
|
|
The Following 3 Users Say Thank You to Hockeyguy15 For This Useful Post:
|
|
|
02-14-2013, 08:50 AM
|
#13
|
|
evil of fart
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by gonzo29
Apparently she was shot 4 times, so I doubt this was an accident.
|
Well if he had a machine gun one bullet and four bullets is probably the difference between holding the trigger down for 0.4 seconds and 0.8 seconds. I don't think the four times points to anything one way or another.
|
|
|
|
|
02-14-2013, 08:55 AM
|
#14
|
|
Franchise Player
|
http://sports.nationalpost.com/2013/...t-in-his-home/
Police said that earlier reports that Steenkamp may have been mistaken for a burglar by Pistorius did not come from the police. Several local media outlets had initially reported that the shooting may have been accidental.
|
|
|
|
|
02-14-2013, 09:10 AM
|
#15
|
|
First Line Centre
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Sunnyvale
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Sliver
Well if he had a machine gun one bullet and four bullets is probably the difference between holding the trigger down for 0.4 seconds and 0.8 seconds. I don't think the four times points to anything one way or another.
|
Sounds like he used his 9mm. More then one report syaing thats what Poilce recovered from the scene.
__________________
The only thing better then a glass of beer is tea with Ms McGill
|
|
|
|
|
02-14-2013, 09:14 AM
|
#16
|
|
wins 10 internets
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: slightly to the left
|
Nike better start pulling this ad i guess
|
|
|
|
|
The Following User Says Thank You to Hemi-Cuda For This Useful Post:
|
|
|
02-14-2013, 09:16 AM
|
#17
|
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Now world wide!
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Hockeyguy15
If this goes to court he doesn't have a leg to stand on.
|
You never know. So long as his lawyer doesn't charge an arm and a leg...
|
|
|
|
|
02-14-2013, 09:43 AM
|
#18
|
|
Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Maryland State House, Annapolis
|
I'm guessing this wasn't how she was hoping to be blown away on Valentine's Day.
__________________
"Think I'm gonna be the scapegoat for the whole damn machine? Sheeee......."
|
|
|
|
|
02-14-2013, 11:08 AM
|
#19
|
|
Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: In my office, at the Ministry of Awesome!
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Derek Sutton
Sounds like he used his 9mm. More then one report syaing thats what Poilce recovered from the scene.
|
9mm is a calibre, so it doesn't have any relevance on how many times he pulled the trigger.
There are lots of fully automatic 9mm guns out there.
__________________
THE SHANTZ WILL RISE AGAIN.
 <-----Check the Badge bitches. You want some Awesome, you come to me!
|
|
|
|
|
02-14-2013, 01:26 PM
|
#20
|
|
My face is a bum!
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by chemgear
http://sports.nationalpost.com/2013/...t-in-his-home/
Police said that earlier reports that Steenkamp may have been mistaken for a burglar by Pistorius did not come from the police. Several local media outlets had initially reported that the shooting may have been accidental.
|
The media needs to quit pulling our leg.
|
|
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
All times are GMT -6. The time now is 09:06 AM.
|
|
