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Showing posts with label south africa. Show all posts
Showing posts with label south africa. Show all posts

Monday 8 December 2014

South African Court dismisses Dewani murder case

See http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-30375335 .

I was not there so it is unfair to make any real comment. If he was innocent the man should rightly be freed. If the case was thrown out simply because they could not prove "beyond reasonable doubt" his guilt then what? It was a strange case. Why travel to a rough township at night anyway?  Odd.

Monday 17 November 2014

Oscar Pistorius - appeal

The prosecutor in this case is appealing that the prison sentence is too lenient. Not being at the trial, it is hard to know if this is so. He is likely to be out under house arrest after about just 10months and that does sound not much for shooting dead someone. My inclination is to let South African justice take its course.