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Guilty or Innocent? Oscar Pistorius is about to find out




Oscar Pistorius

 

The trial that has been dubbed ‘The trial of the century’ is about to come to ahead.

Some 40 witnesses gave evidence as what happened on that faithful night in February 2013.

Now, 18 months after Oscar Pistorius shot dead his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, we are about to find out what the judge believes happened that Valentine Day’s morning.

South Africa has no jury system so Judge Thokozile Masipa will decide on the verdicts herself with the help of two assessors.

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She will have to go through all the evidence from the 6 month long murder trial. She’ll then outline her conclusion and verdict.

One way or the other, an appeal from either side will inevitably happen.

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