But they were witnesses called by the State. Had the State not called them then the DT could have called them. This was even stated by Nel during another day when he said something about that the DT could have called Botha but chose not to.
Nel was making it sound like Roux doesn't actually want to call his own psych witness, Dr Fein/Fine?
BBM - good point. And I'm sure if there was a precedent, then either Roux or Oldwage would be able to cite it - and they can't.The point is that they had Wollie and the State had Mangena, just like they each have a psychiatrist, albeit assigned to them through/by the court.
Did the State get to interview Wollie before they crossed him?
On a different tack....this just posted on the Sydney Morning Herald website saying "I forgive Oscar Pistorius, says Reeva Steenkamp's mother". Reeva's mother and father's most recent interview.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/world/i-forgi...amps-mother-20140707-zsz8e.html#ixzz36mMwTHif
After grilling OP for thirty days assessing his mental health at Weskoppies, the three member psychiatrist panel submitted its ONE page final report to Masipa, sheer madness!
The point is that they had Wollie and the State had Mangena, just like they each have a psychiatrist, albeit assigned to them through/by the court. Did the State get to interview Wollie before they crossed him?
No the one page report was the psychiatrist's own summation there was a full report produced by the panel.