Man shoots woman in incident.

[ferret]

not having a dig at you Peter, it's just all the reports or interviews I heard on the radio throughout the day appear to be coming from the angle of poor Oscar his career is finished, he's a broken man he doesn't deserve to be locked up. My opinion is if you don't want to do time don't do the crime
or at least don't get caught.

[Mr Larrington]

[I did read somewhere that now Oscar has a chance to find out what a burglar in your bathroom really sounds like ... ]

Does it sound anything like the song by "The Beat"?

What, "Stand Down Margaret"?

[mattc]

[I did read somewhere that now Oscar has a chance to find out what a burglar in your bathroom really sounds like ... ]

Does it sound anything like the song by "The Beat"?

 
A little like it, yes.

You're describing a bizarre round of Prison Charades, I suspect.
A Song!
4 words ...

[Biff]

A reasonable piece:

http://tinyurl.com/k7ynyt9

[Peter]

Yes and very sobering.  Thanks, Biff.

[TimC]

A reasonable piece:

http://tinyurl.com/k7ynyt9

That's a very good article. But sadly it won't appease those who've made their minds up despite having no facts to back their conclusions - and have no idea of the background of constant and insidious crime in South Africa.

[Jaded]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-34993002

He has been upgraded to murderer.

[Peter]

Downgraded, I would have thought.

[barakta]

http://www.refuge.org.uk/2015/12/03/domestic-violence-charity-refuge-responds-to-pistorius-murder-conviction/

I think Refuse have the right of it, focusing on Reeva Steenkamp and her family's wishes that we don't overlook her in the focusing on Pistorius.

[Peter]

Yes, that's important.

(To be clear, I was referring to Oscar Pistorius being "downgraded" and not the crime.)

[Jaded]

I used upgraded because murder is higher up the scale of wickedness than manskaughter.

[Mr Larrington]

Is manskaughter the Afrikaans version?

[Jaded]

It's the iOS version 

[Mr Larrington]

Pistorius gets six years.