The Oscar
Pistorius ‘Hearing’ has moved along to look more like a ‘mini trial’ in what appears to
be driven by a prosecution case akin to an episode of the Keystone Cops.
The Chief
Investigating officer, Hilton Botha, is first on the scene - who is incredibly
facing 7 charges of attempted murder after a crazed drunken shooting at a packed
mini bus taxi in 2009 on Police duty, yet he is still serving whilst under
investigation. Maybe his CV would get him immediate entry into the football
FOCUS group over here?
He shoots
his girlfriend 4 times through the toilet door. That’s the bit he’s admitted.
She in-turn was in the toilet with the door locked. Yes she locked it to get
away from him. Haven’t heard of any burglars locking themselves into the toilet
to steal the Shanks of Barrhead ceramic!
Of course the
guy is entitled to a fair trial and we can only go on what we’ve been told, but
this to me sounds like the biggest crock of bull I’ve heard for a while. He is
trying to sneak his way out of this at the same time his girlfriend of less
than three months was killed on the toilet seat. Then was lying on a mortuary
slab and has since been cremated. He by broadcast reports has been more
interested in saving his own skin as he’s been greetin away right on que. I’d
prefer to sympathise with the agony she suffered than his switched on ‘tears’.
Now to the
rub as to how psychologically tuned in people can get when it’s a national hero
up on this charge. It can’t be true, they think, and immediately, I think the
majority of folk go into mental lock down. Just like the in-denial Sevconians,
this can’t be happening, but it is, and its sane folk who know it’s happening.
Imagine this
Pistorius case was instead Henrik Larsson? We’d be gasping ‘whit’ and yes it would take
some getting the head around that Henrik could actually be charged with such a heinous
crime. That is what I think is going on in South Africa. Would a black or white
man of average status be given bail? No is the answer. He got bail because the
Judge thought there was little chance he would disappear. How can that be a
reason for bail? Surely the severity of the crime is the ‘premium reason’ reason
bail cannot be granted.
If it was
Henrik I’d find it hard to take in for a couple of hours. But that would be it.
Once I’d heard the evidence to date, as in the Pistorius case, Henrik wouldn’t be
getting any sympathy from me. It’s really evident that no matter what country
you’re in, this denial is a real mental problem for lots of folk. Just ask a
Sevconian, they're living the dream. Their own wee dream on their own little planet.
Final
thought. Will Oscar Pistorius be the O.J. Simpson of South Africa? Even money I’d
say! 