Judge Grants Oscar Pistorious An Order For Mental Health Assessment

[Jomlett]

Oscar Pistorius must be referred for a 30-day mental health evaluation in hospital.

The court will adjourn until Tuesday, when the full ruling on the referral – including the terms – will be given.

Roux asks the judge to consider the option of Pistorius receiving treatment as an outpatient.

[anneasquith]

I shouldn't laugh tony but,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

[tamborine]

He is sane enuf to spit abuse & threats.

http://edition.cnn.com/2014/05/06/world/africa/oscar-pistorius-trial/

[Jomlett]

Prosecutor Gerrie Nel has argued he wanted to prevent the 27-year-old sprinter, who faces life in prison if convicted, from later appealing on the basis of a disturbed mental condition.

[ummmm]

He's a 'do you know who I am' sorta bloke....

[tamborine]

Mental or not, he is a danger to the public & should be treated likewise.

[ToraToraTora]

sorry jim, even if you are complete loony tunes if you think there's and armed gunman in the loo, then call the old bill and shoot him if he comes out. OP is BTR no question, impossible scenario wa sgiven lip service in court. if he gets off, the trial is bent, even they know that, that's why this latest cherade so they can send him to the loony bin and save face.

[jim360]

BTR?

All I'm saying is that I have experience of how irrational you can become with even relatively minor mental health problems. Whether or not Pistorius has such is obviously uncertain, hence the assessment, but if it turns out that he does have such health problems then his actions become far more understandable, no matter how irrational they may seem.

The more serious doubts over his side of the story become not so much his actions, but those of Reeva. According to his account she never made a sound during all that build-up to the shooting, despite all his shouting and banging...

[ToraToraTora]

BTR=Bang To Rights. It's all so implausable.