Windsor 2,233 Posted February 20, 2013 I can't understand why it has been a top story for a week now. He isn't that famous in this country. He is now. Yes - I must admit that after posting that I read what was going on at his bail hearing. It does kind of sound like the leading detective on the case is trying to stitch him up. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,569 Posted February 20, 2013 Surely if you hear someone in the loo you would check the obvious candidates first before letting off four shots into the bathroom. If I was burgling a house I would not start in the loo I would go for the ipads, jewelery and olympic medals not razor blades and spot cream. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RIP Wee Jum 1,559 Posted February 21, 2013 The South African detective leading the Oscar Pistorius inquiry is facing seven charges of attempted murder, police have confirmed. http://www.bbc.co.uk...africa-21528631 This case gets stranger and stranger Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the_engineer 1,415 Posted February 22, 2013 http://news.sky.com/story/1055642/oscar-pistorius-gets-bail-over-killing Well he has bail . What are the chances he goes home and kills himself? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Bearer 6,100 Posted February 22, 2013 http://news.sky.com/...il-over-killing Well he has bail . What are the chances he goes home and kills himself? None! He's not allowed to go to his house. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the_engineer 1,415 Posted February 22, 2013 http://news.sky.com/...il-over-killing Well he has bail . What are the chances he goes home and kills himself? None! He's not allowed to go to his house. Ok what are the chances of him going somewhere and killing himself ? I expect he will have minders though . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,129 Posted February 22, 2013 Topping himself is the honest way to go, however I fear money will decide matters. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted February 22, 2013 http://news.sky.com/...il-over-killing Well he has bail . What are the chances he goes home and kills himself? None! He's not allowed to go to his house. Ok what are the chances of him going somewhere and killing himself ? I expect he will have minders though . What can they do, put a tag around his blade? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Windsor 2,233 Posted February 23, 2013 http://news.sky.com/...il-over-killing Well he has bail . What are the chances he goes home and kills himself? None! He's not allowed to go to his house. Ok what are the chances of him going somewhere and killing himself ? I expect he will have minders though . What can they do, put a tag around his blade? Who knows? I'm stumped! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vinegar Tits 605 Posted February 23, 2013 I can't understand why it has been a top story for a week now. He isn't that famous in this country. Hmm. Thinking back to 2012, other than various Brits, Pistorius was probably the second most famous Olympian/Paralympian after Usain Bolt (there's a joke somewhere in there about running but anyway...) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted February 23, 2013 All this "Oscar" talk must have got the organisers of the Academy Award excited until they realised what Oscar everyone was talking about? "We've never heard of him!" Maybe if you a took a bit more notice of disabled athletes, then you would... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the_engineer 1,415 Posted February 23, 2013 http://news.sky.com/...il-over-killing Well he has bail . What are the chances he goes home and kills himself? None! He's not allowed to go to his house. Ok what are the chances of him going somewhere and killing himself ? I expect he will have minders though . What can they do, put a tag around his blade? Who knows? I'm stumped! Maybe he will just go to a bar and get legless . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted February 23, 2013 What can they do, put a tag around his blade? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted February 24, 2013 Seems his brother is to be charged with killing a woman in 2010? in a car crash. Runs in the family then..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,569 Posted February 25, 2013 http://news.sky.com/...il-over-killing Well he has bail . What are the chances he goes home and kills himself? This and the Michael Le Vell affair are of no help to us poor Deathlisters. The events happen too early in the year for the potential suicide and if they make it till the end of the year they are probably not going to do it. Honestly some people have not consideration. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Magere Hein 1,400 Posted February 27, 2013 Atje Keulen-Deelstra (who?) Dead, but of course the non-skating, so the English speaking, part of the world completely ignored this fact. Anyway: she won one silver and two bronze medals at the 1972 Winter Olympics @ Sapporo, Japan. Not quite as impressive as her four World Allround Championship titles, mind. regards, Hein Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,129 Posted February 27, 2013 Dead, but of course the non-skating, so the English speaking, part of the world completely ignored this fact. Anyway: she won one silver and two bronze medals at the 1972 Winter Olympics @ Sapporo, Japan. Not quite as impressive as her four World Allround Championship titles, mind. I'm sure we would have heard of her had she been a figure skater. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Bearer 6,100 Posted March 10, 2013 Oscar Pistorius on the verge of suicide claims a friend. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,586 Posted March 21, 2013 Former Olympic 200m champion and world record holder Pietro Mennea dies aged 60. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted March 21, 2013 Former Olympic 200m champion and world record holder Pietro Mennea dies aged 60. One of my early sporting memories was of Mennea beating Allan Welles in the 1980 Olympics. Held the 200m world record for years... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,515 Posted March 21, 2013 Former Olympic 200m champion and world record holder Pietro Mennea dies aged 60. Described on one website this morning as "the Italian Allan Wells". What an epithet. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted March 21, 2013 Former Olympic 200m champion and world record holder Pietro Mennea dies aged 60. Described on one website this morning as "the Italian Allan Wells". What an epithet. Is Allan Welles the Scottish Don Quarrie? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CaptainChorizo 1,977 Posted March 29, 2013 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/29/soraya-jimenez-2000-medalist-mexico-dead_n_2976263.html Soraya Jiminez, who in 2000 became the first female Olympic champion for Mexico when she got the Gold in weightlifting, has died of a heart attack at 35. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,639 Posted March 29, 2013 http://www.huffingto..._n_2976263.html Soraya Jiminez, who in 2000 became the first female Olympic champion for Mexico when she got the Gold in weightlifting, has died of a heart attack at 35. So she can't sue anyone for putting her name and the words "drug cheat" in the same sentence, then. Maybe if they provisionally awarded strength-related gold medals at the Olympics and then agreed they'd only do the ceremony for every winning athlete who made it to the age of 70... Just an idea, like. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JR976evil 905 Posted March 29, 2013 http://www.huffingto..._n_2976263.html Soraya Jiminez, who in 2000 became the first female Olympic champion for Mexico when she got the Gold in weightlifting, has died of a heart attack at 35. So she can't sue anyone for putting her name and the words "drug cheat" in the same sentence, then. Maybe if they provisionally awarded strength-related gold medals at the Olympics and then agreed they'd only do the ceremony for every winning athlete who made it to the age of 70... Just an idea, like. That would be an awfully long time to wait 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites