The Blade Killer

With the SAPS announcing they have now concluded the case against Mr untouchable, Oscar Pistorius, I think it apt to write my ten cents worth of opinion. For those of you who have just returned from other planets. Oscar shot and killed Reeva Steenkamp, saying he mistook her for an intruder.

What amazes me is how often reporters use the words 'allegedly' with this case . He allegedly killed her or he allegedly shot through the door. No....some facts are already confirmed my the Prince himself....He has already told the court that he shot her through the door and killed her.....that much is not in doubt and as such, not alleged. What is alleged, is the murder charge.

To sum things up, from Blade Killer's point of view: During the night of 14th February 2013, he awoke and walked to the balcony to fetch the fan and close the balcony door. On his way back he heard somebody in the bathroom. Thinking it was an intruder, he says he screamed at them and at Reeva to phone the police. He went to the bed to collect his firearm (not noticing Reeva was not in bed). He says he felt fear and terror and trapped as the bedroom door was locked. He moved towards the bathroom, noticing the window was open. The toilet door (which is separate) was closed and in short, he decided it would be a great idea to shoot them through the closed door. He tells us he felt vulnerable as he did not have his prosthetic limbs on until after he shot Reeva.

I am not going to delve into the case because much has been written about motives, affairs and so on. I am going to look at the basics as reflected by The Blade Killer's version.

I have worked extensively with disabled people. Oscar spent most of his life with no lower limbs so we can reasonably assume he was pretty mobile without his prosthetics. This is evident as he did not put them on to go to fetch the fan. Then, as seen by the diagram of his room, he had to pass the bed and the bedroom door, walk down a passage to get to the bathroom.

One who is filled with fear would wake his partner up, unlock the locked door (he obviously did not think of that) and escape with haste, using one of the numerous phones on hand (4 I think) to phone security or the police.
Oscar has a long history of loving firearms and we can assume he has shot them many times. He once bragged to a reporter that he once thought there was an intruder downstairs and basically, went down, armed to catch or shoot the intruder.

Despite his utter terror, he makes the effort of 'walking' down a passage to the bathroom...all this time, he hears nothing from Reeva, no screams, whispers, her calling him... She was silent, yet this raised no alarms. So, he, in his fear, walk towards the danger instead of escaping. Noticing the toilet door closed, he seemingly makes no effort to establish who was behind the door or declare he will shoot. (or, I am sure Reeva would have made it pretty clear it was her).

Based on the diagram as well, if Reeva was in the toilet, what type of noise would she have to be making to alert him? Surely when one is in the toilet, we don't bang against the walls or the like, to create noise. We do our thing and leave. So how much noise would she have had to make for him to hear her? And why was she in for so long?

Another thing that troubles me, why did she lock the door. Close it I understand...lock it is strange?
And, why would an intruder lock himself in the toilet? Surely if he entered via the bathroom window and he felt a threat, he would have exited before trapping himself in a locked toilet.

Based on his side of the tale, there are too many dark shadows crawling around. Too much just does not make sense. I have briefly touched on a few, but I am sure if I dissect it even more, there will be others. Then there is all the other evidence that the police has collected.

As this is not a crime article, I am really not going into ALL the legal stuff and other allegations. The police are going for premeditated murder. Even if Oscar's fairytale is bought by the court, he is still guilty of a crime...he killed somebody when his life was not directly threatened, as is a requirement in our law.

However, the legal system being what it is, we cannot guarantee that he will be punished the way he ought to be, whichever charge he is found guilty of. Two things are without doubt, that he shot and killed Reeva and that he took the life of a promising you lady.