Oscar Pistorius Reeva Steenkamp A Double Tragedy

Oscar Pistorius Reeva Steenkamp A Double Tragedy
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Publisher : Lulu.com
Total Pages : 98
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ISBN-10 : 9781304156297
ISBN-13 : 130415629X
Rating : 4/5 (97 Downloads)

Synopsis Oscar Pistorius Reeva Steenkamp A Double Tragedy by : Pamela Lillian Valemont

What really transpired on the upper storey of Number 286 in the Silver Woods Estate of Pretoria on the night of St. Valentine's Day 2013? What did happen in the luxury ensuite bathroom of Oscar Pistorius' master bedroom? "She died in my arms," a distraught Oscar heartbrokenly and tearfully told police. They returned to arrest him later for pre-meditated murder, though he claimed he had mistaken his beautiful model lover Reeva Steenkamp for a burglar. Violent crime and home invasion is a real problem in South Africa; but Oscar's home was in a secure, guarded and gated estate. He had two large dogs on his property as well, who would have barked and alerted him to the presence of intruders. Still, a man with prostheses such as the legendary Blade Runner had, would feel vulnerable to attack...... Pamela Valemont, crime research numerologist of more than 35 years, goes on the search for clues at the scene of the alleged crime using her uniquely different set of detective tools. What she finds will astound you.

Reeva

Reeva
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Publisher : Sphere
Total Pages : 228
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ISBN-10 : 9780751558739
ISBN-13 : 0751558737
Rating : 4/5 (39 Downloads)

Synopsis Reeva by : June Steenkamp

In the early hours of Valentine's Day 2013, Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius killed his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, shooting her multiple times while she cowered behind the locked door of their bathroom. His trial has attracted more international media attention and public scrutiny than any since that of OJ Simpson. What went on behind the scenes though? And what was the real Reeva like, away from the photo shoots and the attention of the media? A beautiful 29 year old from Port Elizabeth, Reeva graduated as a lawyer and campaigned for human rights causes before deciding to try the world of modelling in South Africa's most vibrant city. Her relationship with international hero Oscar Pistorius seemed like a fairy tale of triumph over adversity - double amputee turned champion athlete meets small town girl with beauty and brains wanting to make her mark on the world. No one could have predicted the tragic and horrifying conclusion to that fairy tale. Reeva's mother, June Steenkamp, has kept a dignified silence throughout the long months since she received the phone call every mother dreads. In this painfully honest and unflinching account of Reeva's life, she talks about what really went on in her mind as she sat in the packed Pretoria court room day after day and how she is coping in the aftermath of the verdict. Reeva is the only true insider's account of this tragic story.

Behind the Door: The Oscar Pistorius and Reeva Steenkamp Story

Behind the Door: The Oscar Pistorius and Reeva Steenkamp Story
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Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Total Pages : 563
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ISBN-10 : 9781447262596
ISBN-13 : 144726259X
Rating : 4/5 (96 Downloads)

Synopsis Behind the Door: The Oscar Pistorius and Reeva Steenkamp Story by : Mandy Wiener

In February 2013 the news of successful model Reeva Steenkamp's fatal shooting by her boyfriend and global sporting star Oscar Pistorius stunned the world. Over the ensuing months, as Pistorius appeared in court, applied for bail and was eventually put on trial, every detail that emerged was analysed, debated, justified and digested. The world was haunted by the events as they were repeated and discussed at length. Public perception vacillated from version to version and from hour to hour. Finally, Judge Masipa found him to be not guilty of premeditated murder - but guilty of culpable homicide. Written by Mandy Weiner and Barry Batemen, the go-to journalists on the case for the world's media, Behind the Door is a compelling narrative that meticulously unpacks the evidence that has been so heavily scrutinised on all sides. But more than that, this book seeks to go beyond the facts of the case in search of the wider context behind this shocking tragedy: the back story of the police investigation, the nature of the South African criminal justice system, the culture of violence in South Africa and the need of society to create flawed heroes who are destined to fail. Vivid and gripping, Behind the Door is the most authoritative and insightful account of what really happened behind closed doors that fateful Valentine's morning.

The Wrongful Conviction of Oscar Pistorius

The Wrongful Conviction of Oscar Pistorius
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Publisher : Light Messages Publishing
Total Pages : 192
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ISBN-10 : 9781611532685
ISBN-13 : 161153268X
Rating : 4/5 (85 Downloads)

Synopsis The Wrongful Conviction of Oscar Pistorius by : Brent Willock

Just when the world thought Oscar Pistorius’ meteoric rise to Olympic glory and international celebrity had terminated abysmally in prison, Brent Willock’s scientific perspective reopens this gripping narrative for an astonishing re-view. Olympian Oscar Pistorius’ spectacular assent to fame ground to a screeching halt in the wee hours of Valentine’s Day, 2013. Hearing a sound emanating from his bathroom, he grabbed his pistol and he stumbled to the washroom, screaming at the intruders to leave. Fearing someone was about to emerge to harm him and his girlfriend, Reeva, he fired four bullets into the bathroom. Soon he realized he had killed his lover. Horrified, he summoned the authorities. The investigating detective believed this was yet another case of an escalating argument where a man murdered his partner. World opinion is split. Some believe Oscar. Others are convinced he committed a despicable crime of passion. Distinguished clinical psychologist Brent Willock brings an entirely new perspective to bear on these horrific events: that Oscar’s horrific actions occurred while he was in a state of paradoxical sleep, also known as parasomnia. Throughout this book, Willock uses scientific scrutiny and legal precedence to resolve the crucial anomalies surrounding the Oscar Pistorius trial. Willock also discusses how mental health experts and the defense team might have overlooked the hypothesis of parasomnia that could have exonerated Oscar. Millions who followed the Blade Runner’s astonishing achievements, uplifted and inspired by his triumph over physical adversity, were crushed by his precipitous plunge from grace. They were baffled. Even Oscar himself, in a television interview shortly before his sentencing, achingly asked, “I always think, How did this possibly happen? How could this have happened?” At last, Willock’s elegant work responds to these poignant questions that have so plagued and pained Reeva’s family, friends, Oscar, and, indeed, the world.

Adam Lanza and the Newtown Massacre

Adam Lanza and the Newtown Massacre
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Publisher : Lulu.com
Total Pages : 88
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ISBN-10 : 9781304595164
ISBN-13 : 1304595161
Rating : 4/5 (64 Downloads)

Synopsis Adam Lanza and the Newtown Massacre by : Pamela Lillian Valemont

When Adam Peter Lanza, just 20 years old, burst into the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown Connecticut, armed to the teeth and wearing black battle fatigues, and shot 20 small children and 6 of their teachers, he created a hole so big in the heart of their grieving parents and relatives that it can never be forgotten or healed. What caused this young man to commit this unspeakably horrible crime? Pamela Lillian Valemont, the world's first forensic numerological criminal profiler, compiles a chart for Adam Lanza and compares it with some of the world's most heinous mass murderers, like Adolf Hitler, and the youthful Boston marathon bombers, brothers Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev. She also looks at the Preppers, the band of people who included mother of Adam Lanza, Nancy. This ultra-right-wing group of fanatics believe that they must prepare for the end times, when economic ruin comes and governments cannot be either trusted or relied upon to protect them from attackers and invasion of their country.

One Tragic Night

One Tragic Night
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Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Total Pages : 610
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ISBN-10 : 9781466846319
ISBN-13 : 1466846313
Rating : 4/5 (19 Downloads)

Synopsis One Tragic Night by : Mandy Wiener

An authoritative account of the crimes of Oscar Pistorius, the beloved Paralympic superstar who shot his girlfriend in cold blood, from the night of the killings to the controversial verdict. At 08:03 on the morning of Valentine's Day 2013, news broke that Oscar Pistorius, the Paralympic superstar known as the "Blade Runner," had shot and killed his girlfriend at his luxury home in Pretoria, South Africa. Within minutes, the story reverberated around the world as banners flashed across television screens broadcasting global news networks. At first glance, it appeared to be a heart-wrenching, tragic accident. The athlete had mistaken beautiful Reeva Steenkamp for an intruder. But as the morning unfolded, a second version of events began to reveal itself, indicating that the country's celebrated icon, its "Golden Boy," may have murdered his model girlfriend in a fit of rage. In this vivid and insightful narrative, South African journalists Mandy Wiener and Barry Bateman reveal the true story of Oscar Pistorius and Reeva Steenkamp, from that horrific night to the announcement of the shocking verdict. Drawing on evidence from the trial as well as on-the-ground interviews with family and friends of Oscar and Reeva, this is the authoritative account of one of the most high-profile trials of the 21st century.

Chase Your Shadow

Chase Your Shadow
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 400
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ISBN-10 : 1782393293
ISBN-13 : 9781782393290
Rating : 4/5 (93 Downloads)

Synopsis Chase Your Shadow by : John Carlin

The murder trial of Oscar Pistorius will rivet the world's attention in a way no other case has since another famous sportsman, O.J. Simpson, was tried for the murder of his ex-wife in 1994. John Carlin brings his own extensive knowledge of South Africa and access to Pistorius himself, as well as to his friends and family, after the death of Reeva Steenkamp to tell the story of the rise and fall of a classically tragic hero.

Shooting Straight

Shooting Straight
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 336
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ISBN-10 : 9781476745053
ISBN-13 : 1476745056
Rating : 4/5 (53 Downloads)

Synopsis Shooting Straight by : Piers Morgan

The host of CNN's "Piers Morgan Live" chronicles his career with CNN as impacted by such historical events as the defeat of Osama bin Laden and the tragic school shootings in Newtown, Connecticut.

Blade Runner

Blade Runner
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Publisher : Random House
Total Pages : 226
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ISBN-10 : 9780753540855
ISBN-13 : 0753540851
Rating : 4/5 (55 Downloads)

Synopsis Blade Runner by : Oscar Pistorius

At 11 months old, Oscar Pistorius had both his legs amputated below the knee. 'Blade Runner' charts the extraordinary development of one of the most gifted sportsmen and inspirational figures on the planet from immobilised child to world-class sprinter.

Case Studies of Famous Trials and

Case Studies of Famous Trials and
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Publisher : Policy Press
Total Pages : 324
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ISBN-10 : 9781529203677
ISBN-13 : 1529203678
Rating : 4/5 (77 Downloads)

Synopsis Case Studies of Famous Trials and by : Gorden, Caroline

From the trials of Oscar Pistorius to O. J. Simpson and Michael Jackson, this innovative book provides a critical review of 11 high profile criminal cases. It delivers an accessible examination of the sociological and psychological processes underpinning the construction of guilt and innocence in criminal trials, the media and wider society.