Oscar Pistorius treated in hospital with wrist injuries
Source: The Guardian - UK
Oscar Pistorius has been treated in hospital for injuries sustained to his wrists during a fall in his prison cell, officials have said. Both the former athlete, who murdered his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, and his family denied local media reports that the injuries were self-inflicted.
According to a spokesman for South Africas correctional services department, Pistorius said he suffered the minor injuries when he fell out of bed, while Pistorius brother, Carl, said he slipped in his cell.
The South African newspaper City Press cited unnamed sources at the prison as saying that Pistorius had injured himself intentionally and that razor blades had been found in his cell. It also quoted an anonymous security guard at the hospital Pistorius was taken to as saying he was being treated for bad cuts.
Carl Pistorius denied these reports, however, saying he had just seen Oscar and he is doing well given the circumstances. He said his brother was in good spirits
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/aug/07/oscar-pistorius-taken-to-hospital-with-wrist-injuries
I hope it's a case of guilty conscience, because that would show he at least has a conscience.
grubbs
(356 posts)He just knew he was
Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)rjsquirrel
(4,762 posts)It's hard, bloody, and painful work to actually cut your wrists badly enough to bleed out with any predictability. But it's easy to dramatically slash and slice them so it looks like you want to kill yourself. It's actually a common syndrome as an OCD. And a common technique by the BPS/NPD/Münchausen spectrum folks who perform a desire to kill themselves to get attention or sympathy.
Much harder to mess up than with a gun, or if in jail, a noose. You only use a gun when you really want to murder your girlfriend.
Prepare for mental illness claim for leniency.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)He is really a world class asshole.
NWCorona
(8,541 posts)Graphic language warning.