Oscar Pistorius

I have to admit like many people the world over I've become consumed by the Oscar Pistorius murder charges. Did he actually kill his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp? If so, why? Why would someone so successful destroy their career by killing someone. Was it a crime of passion?

His version of events seem a little hard to swallow at times. Although people will try desperately hard to digest them.

Why do we find it so hard to believe he could commit murder? Is it because he has a disability and people with disabilities are incapable of doing something bad. Instead people with disabilities tend to get people's sympathy.

Is it because it was a tragic accident and people are in mourning bit just for the murder victim but also for a national hero.

Whatever he reason the trial should shed more light on the events of that night.

In following the bail hearing that lasted four days one thing I found interesting was the role of the media. Photographers were allowed in the courtroom to shoot Oscar's arrival but on e the magistrate entered they had to stop. After his first court appearance an image I a sobbing Pistorius appeared on many newspapers and tv screens across the world. The picture was shot during proceedings the photographer ignoring the magistrate's instructions. Pistorius's lawyer is now talking about taking legal action against those publishers.

Journalists allowed inside the courtroom kept everyone on the outside up to date with proceedings. The BBC and guardian newspapers ran a live blog each day and South Africa Eyewitness news reporter Barry Bateman tweeted minute by minute updates. Once word spread his Twitter following increased by 130k in the space of a few days.

Whilst this new role of social media in society is interesting, I found the constant scramble by photographers before proceedings to get the shot of Pistorius more interesting. Siphiwe Sibeko's image made the headlines on the second day of the hearing and has to be the image of the bail hearing.

The courtroom itself appears to be very dimly lit and s has made the optimum use of available light. Here we see an interesting person in an interesting place. Pistorius looks a broken man. His life as he knew it is gone. Things will never be the same. But right now he is in a very lonely place. Isolated from those around him. A fallen hero seen in a very different light.

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