Not murder: Twitter reacts to a ‘not guilty’ verdict for Oscar Pistorius

Oscar Bateman

South Africa’s Twittershpere erupted with a collective “WTF” this afternoon when Judge Thokozile Masipa found Oscar Pistorius “not guilty” on the charge of premeditated murder. She told the court that “there are not enough facts” to support the state’s case that Pistorius intentionally wanted to kill his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

Masipa did note that there is “no doubt” that when Pistorius fired his gun “he acted unlawfully”. The judge is still to rule on whether or not the athlete will be found guilty of a lesser crime of culpable homicide for the death of 29-year-old Steenkamp.

South Africa’s Twittersphere has reacted to the verdict and some foreigners have questioned the safety of holidaying in the country due to the verdict. Masipa found Pistorius not guilty on both premeditated and second-degree murder three hours into delivering her her lengthy judgment.


More

News

Sign up to our newsletter to get the latest in digital insights. sign up

Welcome to Memeburn

Sign up to our newsletter to get the latest in digital insights.