However, Judge Masipa said a reasonable person in the same circumstances would have foreseen this and his actions were clearly negligent and culpable homicide was thus a competent verdict, i.e. a lesser offence that is a possible alternative verdict.
A reasonable person in the same circumstances would have foreseen this and his actions were clearly negligent and culpable homicide was thus a competent verdict, i.e. a lesser offence that is a possible alternative verdict. This was what Judge Masipa said.