#oscartrial Roux reiterates report from psychiatrists that he isn't aggressive - with Ubuntu justice we need to consider how dangerous he is

Roux: Report said should the accused not receive proper medical care, his condition is likely to worsen with increased risk of suicide.

I don't get the channel on Virgin.

yes  it was all over social media about his lack of emotion. The DT team would be checking this as they do, completely different reaction when he came back...red eyes and no tears 

it used to be on Virgin a while back Yogi, shame you've not been able to follow the case on here 

 It was blatant.

Good point made on the other place...plenty of tears today and no mention of Reeva, just about him 

I'm confused - did Roux not say OP was going to be victimised/raped/sodomised if he went into gen pop in gaol yet now he's saying if OP goes to a hospital wing he'll be denied the right to go to gen pop ???? 

The telegraph link hasn't been too bad with the court coverage (until the buffering started in last few days), but there aren't any interviews with people  giving their expert opinions.

it's any excuse...why should he be allowed bubble baths and other prisoners not 

well, most legal experts think he should be sentenced so you're not missing much because I think it may well be ignored 

#OscarTrial Roux: … what we’re dealing with is a vulnerable person with anxiety who incorrectly used excessive force. BB

Roux says sending Pistorius to jail not consistent with the principles of Ubuntu @eNCAnews #OscarTrial

#PistoriusTrial Roux says that punishment (locked up in jail hospital wing) would smack of retribution, not restorative justice

Interesting Roux has used *one* media report about a prison gangster to suggest that OP will be a target, yet says media is so inaccurate?

h's just repeating the same thing over and over again - typical barrister 

right ladies..I have to go, bloody annoying but such is life. I will catch up tonight and try and find Nel's refute on youtube later...have a good one both  

Surely ubuntu is not consistent with anybody going to jail. Free all prisoners?

Roux: OP so desperately needed to apologise; wrote letters. Wanted an opportunity; did it in court. #OscarTrial #OscarPistorius

RL can be a PITA at times. See you later, Dame.

I'll spam and will let you know what happened 

Dame you're leaving just as Gerrie is about to start 

Roux is done - Nel gets up #OscarPistorius MV

I have that Eninem song in my head - everybody please stand up

Nel says the court has made a finding, the court must now take society into account #OscarPistorius @MarykeVermaak

And now I have it in my head!

Nel says society will ask what will happen if they do what OP did - what will the court decide #OscarPistorius MV

very true  t'will now be the OP line of defence for any man to kill their wife/gf and use this as a way of getting awf 

earworm of the day    betting everyone else who reads this will as well 

A friend compared Nel to a reckless drunk, taking random punts in desperation to win a final concession. This is a critical moment for him.

A precedent has been set.

 Yes.

#oscartrial Nel: it's not an accused who had gun with the kind of ammunition everyone else would have - devastating black talon bullets

Nel cites #OscarPistorius use of devastating black talon ammunition, not what a "normal" person would use.

what we were saying all along but Judgy dismissed as irrelevant 

#oscartrial Nel: losing a child is the most devastating thing that can happen to anyone - we were lucky to hear Martin, she represents us..

Nel: Kim Martin's voice is a voice that represents society. We all felt her pain @eNCAnews #OscarTrial

@karynmaughan: Nel: Court must take into account crime scene. Deceased died in a tiny cubicle. The ammunition that hit her devastating

Nel deals with offer. Says the word "offer" is significant. It's an "offer for settlement". #OscarTrial #OscarPistorius

Nel: this trial was dominated by the issue of screaming, gunshots. Ironic that soft voice of Kim Martin trounced all those noises@eNCAnews

very true 

Why would a normal person even want to possess such ammunition?

#OscarTrial Nel: notes the timeline - the offer came between judgment and sentencing. BB

the timing is off and calculated by OP 

It was important the Reeva was given a voice in a trial that was dominated by the accused.

#PistoriusTrial Nel describes it as sad that the parents should be so desperate that they took OP's money

#OscarTrial Nel evidently extremely upset about the financial offer to a 'deprived family'. (Am told he was furious when heard about it).

Nel on timing, says in his submission the offer was made for purposes of sentencing #OscarPistorius MV

#oscartrial Nel questions the timing of the settlement offer. It would be different if Pistorius had offered it after the trial.

absolutely Yogi - sometimes I feel Reeva is just a bit part in this trial 

Nel says that Pistorius's secret monthly payments to the Steenkamp family were "a cheap offer to pay for the life of the deceased"

that's kind of what it looks like 

Pistorius does not react, keeps looking down.Roux shakes his head grimly at Nel talk of his client's "cheap offer" designed to sway sentence

#oscartrial Nel: the interests of the victim in this matter should be an important factor.

#OscarTrial Nel tugging at heartstrings here. The pain, the anguish, how Reeva's father wished he could have taken the stand.

Nel: Steenkamp's father told Kim Martin the night before she gave evidence, I wish I could do it but I can't, "I would lose it". #Pistorius

In the main, it has been all about Oscar. Perhaps that's the way things are when it's someone famous in the dock - but it doesn't make it right.