THE PISTORIUS TRIAL: WHAT MUST THE STATE PROVE? AND WHAT IS “DOLUS”?
“For murder, though it have no tongue, will speak” (Shakespeare, Hamlet). The human tragedy underlying this high profile case, and the media frenzy accompanying the trial, have been accompanied by much confusion as to the legal principles involved. What follows is of necessity a greatly simplified summary of some very complex concepts, but hopefully it […]