I think you're right 13:27 "In the circumstances, it is clear that his conduct was negligent," says Judge Masipa. 13:27 "Did the accused fail to take the steps which he should reasonably have taken to guard against the consequence? Yes," says Judge Masipa.
I feel sorry for you mate ...... ...... look on the bright side though, there may be a suicide bombing or interesting murder at some point before you leave work
Who really gives a ****? Some **** shot some bird in Africa...didn;t see one post about some old dear getting her head lobbed off in London...
Like the transvision vamp song [video=youtube;NRf4FvyFH3s]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRf4FvyFH3s[/video] Why? Why do you care?
I haven`t heard the judgment myself (so far as it has been delivered) bu the message seems to be that the Judge has set it up to finf him guilty of the manslaughter (culpable homicide?) charge. There was also mention of there being a hearing between the judge and the lawyers "in chambers" (private) during/after the lunch adjournment - I guess that Oscar`s lawyers had been told of the decision re the maslaughter charge and have been trying to either influence that decision or to reach an agreement with the court as to sentence. The prosecutor would have been part of the process too - also heard from a SA lawyer mate that the prosecutor may well appeal the murder acquittal... I guess that the private discussions will be centering on whether the sentence for the manslaughter charge will be sufficiently long so as to persuade the prosecutor not to appeal the murder acquittal... I don`t really do criminal law here but mates who do tell me that this sort of arrangement is quite common - balance between saving money on appeals and getting the guilty put away for long enough so it doesn`t really matter what he is technically convicted of. Guess we`ll find out in the morning
