Oscar Pistorius Trial Set to Begin on March 3
Some have referred it to as being the one of the most mediagenic trial in South African history. The Oscar Pistorius trial is set to officially begin on the 3rd of March.
A packed Pretoria court will be called to rise for judge Thokozile Masipa in the trial that could come to be among the most-watched legal events in the world.
Pistorius, the Olympic athlete known as the Blade Runner, will stand in the dock alone but insulated from proceedings by a high-powered legal team, backed by experts who have long prepared for the case.
Pistorius supporters will be given 10 assigned seats and the large group of friends and family is likely to rotate through the trial.
They will be vastly outnumbered by what could be uncharitably interpreted as a seething hive of journalists – 80 members of the media in the court itself, in highly sought-after seats assigned to media houses following much horse-trading, with many more scattered throughout the court building and its surrounds.
Depending on the outcome of at least two concerted, pending efforts, the courtroom may feature television cameras, or at least microphones, for at least part of proceedings.
His girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp was shot dead in his Pretoria home on February 14 2013. At his bail hearing last year, Pistorius submitted that he thought Steenkamp was an intruder.
A packed Pretoria court will be called to rise for judge Thokozile Masipa in the trial that could come to be among the most-watched legal events in the world.
Pistorius, the Olympic athlete known as the Blade Runner, will stand in the dock alone but insulated from proceedings by a high-powered legal team, backed by experts who have long prepared for the case.
Pistorius supporters will be given 10 assigned seats and the large group of friends and family is likely to rotate through the trial.
They will be vastly outnumbered by what could be uncharitably interpreted as a seething hive of journalists – 80 members of the media in the court itself, in highly sought-after seats assigned to media houses following much horse-trading, with many more scattered throughout the court building and its surrounds.
Depending on the outcome of at least two concerted, pending efforts, the courtroom may feature television cameras, or at least microphones, for at least part of proceedings.
His girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp was shot dead in his Pretoria home on February 14 2013. At his bail hearing last year, Pistorius submitted that he thought Steenkamp was an intruder.
Oscar Pistorius Trial Set to Begin on March 3
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