Oscar Pistorius discards his prosthetic legs at sentence hearing ;15 June
The atmosphere in the courtroom was tense that day. When, after a tea-break, Pistorius walked back to the dock not wearing his suit but instead a grey tee shirt and tight black shorts showing his prosthetic legs, I knew something was not right.
During proceedings, his lawyers asked the judge to allow Pistorius to walk on his stumps in the court room, to show that he was vulnerable when he shot Reeva Steenkamp. When he was called forward, I moved to make way for him and offered him my seat so that he could take off his prosthetic legs – that’s my laptop you can see on the left of the picture. Very slowly, hoping that the judge wouldn’t stop me, I walked to a position from which I would be able to get a nice wide shot of him in front of the public gallery.
It was very awkward to watch him walking on his stumps. You could hear sounds of shock coming from the audience – even though we knew his legs were prosthetic, it was still unexpected somehow. The carpet was not smooth, which must have made it difficult for him; you could see he was sweating and from the expression on his face that he was in pain. It was a very uncomfortable sight – he seemed embarrassed. He was no longer the fastest man, he was weak. Part of me felt sorry for him. But I remembered that I am a journalist and I had to record the moment. There was a job that needed to be done.
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Wow very intense... I have been passively following these proceedings.. Thank you for the documentation ..
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