awaiting sentencing phase

[WilliamMunter]

Maybe that is why June is writing a book. However, surely OP has some money left. After all, he owned three houses, a racehorse, many guns and many cars but maybe the houses were highly mortgaged. If they sued him, surely it could be a debt that he has to pay off on a monthly basis even if he has to borrow money from Uncle Arnie. But I have heard that it is not worth suing anyone if they do not have money. I doubt he will get any sponsors now if he does get a suspended sentence. But I believe he is a Director of the family companies. Maybe he will inherit money from his grandfather too. It will be interesting to see what kind of "work" he does eventually.

You can be sure that funds will have been moved around to protect Oscar's money and I'm sure Pistorius's Uncle is bankrolling the legal fees. They are a hugely wealthy family.

For a little insight on the family: https://media.otd.co.za/Pdf.ashx?id=92359&dl=true&src=false

As an aside, Arnold Pistorius's tweet after his daughter gets married sums up the family:

And so another one enters the circle of trust

 

[Mr Fossil]

I'm investigating the call Dr Stipp made to Security that didn't get through and comparing the testimonies of Stipp, his wife and Baba with what Roux says is the undisputed actual time of the failed call (03:27:14), probably taken from the Security Call Logger. I'll say now that this simply doesn't make sense but will post more about it later as Stipp's evidence is potentially the most damning to OP. In the meantime, is there someone from, or familiar with, South Africa on here, who could answer this question please.

Anette Stipp (is it just one 'n'?) says the following:

He walked inside, tried 10111, which we could not get through.

I then decided that I must maybe go and help him with my own phone as he was trying to get dressed, trying to phone, everything at the same time. And as I turned to go in I again looked at the clock radio, and then it said 3:17. I must just say that our clock radio is usually about 3 to 4 minutes fast so it's not the exact time. So, and then, just as I went inside we heard 3 more shots. My husband then screamed at me to "please, get away from the window" 'cause we didn't know what was going on at that time.

I said to him that he must maybe try another phone number because I know the children had an educational talk and they were given another number to try from a cell phone should they not get through to 10111. I gave him the number which obviously wasn't correct because it wasn't working. We then tried security.

That's 3 calls: 10111, hears 3 more shots, then an alternative number given to children, then Security

The first two calls don't agree with her husband's version, nor doesn't the placement of the shots (although she agrees it is after 10111), who says he tried Security, then 10111, hears 3 more shots, then Security again.

I really don't think Dr Stipp got this wrong and will expand on this later. Is there really an alternative number given to children in South Africa should they not get through to 10111 or is Anette Stipp simply muddled? I would have thought 10111 was the number given to children.

ETA: this has been answered, thanks. It's 112

ETA1: As an aside, the SAPS website http://www.saps.gov.za/services/cc_10111.php has the number incorrectly shown as '1011' in one instance on the page. Sloppy or what?

This is a 24-hour crime reporting call centre which deals with complaints by the public. The calls can be made on a landline - these calls are free, or from a cell phone, which are charged at the normal cell phone rates. All calls to the centre are recorded.

Dial 1011 only in emergencies. Do not misuse it as this -

1. blocks calls from people in life-threatening situations and in need of police assistance
2. is a waste of the police’s time as officers may have to drive to the alleged crime scene
3. is a waste of police resources as officers may be deployed where there is no emergency.

ETA2: This is also interesting: apparently one in every four calls to 10111 are either not answered, dropped, or 'mishandled'

http://www.witness.co.za/index.php?showcontent&global[_id]=117582

 

[Cherwell]

Is there really an alternative number given to children in South Africa should they not get through to 10111 or is Anette Stipp simply muddled? I would have thought 10111 was the number given to children.

I don't take that to mean that there is a number given specifically to children. I think it's just that Mrs Stipp was aware of it because the children had recently been taught about it. Simply an alternative number to try, that's my guess. For instance, in the UK, the traditional emergency number is 999, but the EU emergency number (112) is also answered.

 

[WilliamMunter]

I don't take that to mean that there is a number given specifically to children. I think it's just that Mrs Stipp was aware of it because the children had recently been taught about it. Simply an alternative number to try, that's my guess. For instance, in the UK, the traditional emergency number is 999, but the EU emergency number (112) is also answered.

112 also appears to be used in SA from mobiles.

http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php/612186-One-in-every-four-calls-to-10111-are-either-not-answered-dropped-or-“mishandled”

 

[Mr Fossil]

Ok, so maybe she simply didn't realise that her husband had already tried Security before 10111? Then the sequence fits but he doesn't mention 112.

 

[Mr Fossil]

Like I said earlier, I find it hard to imagine that Dr Stipp got his evidence wrong. The first, unanswered call he made to Security (before 10111) is entirely logical in sequence. You would only ring the police (SAPS) if you couldn't get hold of your local security guards.

Masipa moves the calls around to place his successful 03:15:51 call to Security before 10111, which she places at 03:17 so that he doesn't hear the second shots. That's illogical. Why would he call 10111 if he had got through to Security and they were on their way round? And both he and his wife testify that they heard both sets of shots before making the final call. Anette even says she told Security from the balcony that there had already been 6 shots and that they should call the police.

Roux says the unanswered call is at 03:27:14. This has been provided by the State and isn't challenged. There's no mention of a call prior to 03:15:51 being unanswered. I'm assuming all calls to Security by ear witnesses are to their landline and they are recorded on a Call Logger, hence we can have records of unanswered calls. It's only OP who manages to dial the Security mobile (but that's another story).

Why would Stipp call Security when he's just called Wilgers Hospital, has given the Netcare number to Stander (who calls them) and is standing close to the security guards who are on or at the end of the drive? It can't be an accidental last number redial because it's not the last number he called, the hospital was. And he doesn't mention another call to Security at this point.

I'm not a great fan of conspiracy theories but there's definitely something wrong here and, what with phone tampering and behind-the-scenes deals, I have to consider the possibility that the time has been incorrectly given to the State. If it had been 03:07:14, for instance, it would tell a very different story. Who would change it and why? Security to cover up some sloppiness on their part? Or someone who knows how damning the correct time (assuming it is wrong) would be?

 

[JudgeJudi]

I must give it to Sam Taylor, these tweets are very philosophical for a girl her age. I think and hope that her relationship with Oscar taught her some life lessons and her future relationships will be more loving, caring, respectful, honest, stable and she meets a man who is more trustworthy.

Do you think that she could be a witness for the sentencing?

From reading Sam Taylor’s tweets she sounds like a really nice type of girl.. She’s a very happy person, always bright and breezy, has a lot of nice, normal friends, is very close with her sister, gets out and about and generally enjoys life. She has a lot of tweets, none of them nasty, sarcastic or rude. For the life of me I can’t see her with OP at all.

I know her mother got some criticism for writing the book, but who are we to judge. She witnessed his antics, bad temper, selfishness, meanness, lying etc to the point where she told him he needed to get help. If you were in her shoes and you had a daughter who so easily could have been the victim, wouldn’t you want to expose the sort of person he really is, and not the kind, caring, special person portrayed by the media and his PR machine?

I don’t think she should testify because Masipa will only think of her as the aggrieved girlfriend. Apart from Reeva’s parents, Masipa will probably turn a blind eye … or should I say a deaf ear … to anyone appearing for the PT. She wants to hear about how he’s not a threat to society, has no prior history of violence, is disabled, has had such a difficult life as a child, is a good church-going Christian blah, blah, blah.

I rest my case.

 

[sleuth-d-]

Like I said earlier, I find it hard to imagine that Dr Stipp got his evidence wrong. The first, unanswered call he made to Security (before 10111) is entirely logical in sequence. You would only ring the police (SAPS) if you couldn't get hold of your local security guards.

Masipa moves the calls around to place his successful 03:15:51 call to Security before 10111, which she places at 03:17 so that he doesn't hear the second shots. That's illogical. Why would he call 10111 if he had got through to Security and they were on their way round? And both he and his wife testify that they heard both sets of shots before making the final call. Anette even says she told Security from the balcony that there had already been 6 shots.

Roux says the unanswered call is at 03:27:14. This has been provided by the State and isn't challenged. There's no mention of a call prior to 03:15:51 being unanswered. I'm assuming all calls to Security by ear witnesses are to their landline and they are recorded on a Call Logger, hence we can have records of unanswered calls. It's only OP who manages to dial the Security mobile (but that's another story).

Why would Stipp call Security when he's just called Wilgers Hospital, has given the Netcare number to Stander (who calls them) and is standing close to the security guards who are on or at the end of the drive? It can't be an accidental last number redial because it's not the last number he called, the hospital was. And he doesn't mention another call to Security at this point.

I'm not a great fan of conspiracy theories but there's definitely something wrong here and, what with phone tampering and behind-the-scenes deals, I have to consider the possibility that the time has been incorrectly given to the State. If it had been 03:07:14 it would tell a very different story. Who would change it and why? Security to cover up some sloppiness on their part? Or someone who knows how damning the correct time (assuming it is wrong) would be?

10111 [3:17!] it could never have been if masipa listened to dr stipp's testimony. it was the first thing i commented on after 5 minutes looking at her timeline.

i assume the 10111 call was initially moved around by roux - masipa just took it as fact without checking, imo [remember her comment re: phone times]. where did the defence get the details for the 3:27:14 call? was dr stipp's phone record entered as evidence. i don't think so. was the security call log entered as evidence?

3:17/3:27:14... neither of these times were established during the cross examination of dr stipp, iirc... but roux then magically added them to the final timeline

the dt were needing to 'discredit' dr stipp from minute one.

 

[sleuth-d-]

Ok, here goes (hopefully simple but necessarily long, hope you don’t regret asking)! This is my understanding:

A mobile phone like an iPhone can communicate in three fundamental ways. It can make and receives calls, send and receive SMS text messages and finally, send and receive data (e.g. emails, browse the web, run applications that use the internet etc.). It does so by connecting with the nearest cell tower with the strongest signal and least congestion.

It's probably best to think of the phone as having 3 types of communication link to do this (although this is not technically correct).

These are:

1. Control channel. This is used to negotiate between the phone and local cell towers to obtain the best possible link, to set up calls, initiate the ringing on your phone when a call is coming in, and carry SMS text messages.

2. Data communication channel. This is used to transfer data (e.g. to browse or run apps that access the internet, send/receive emails etc.). There are a number of possible protocols, or defined methods, for doing this (e.g. GPRS, Edge, 3G, LTE etc.) which Moller calls generically 'GPRS' on his phone charts.

3. Voice communications channel. Pedantically this can be the data communications channel but we'll ignore that for now.

When a call is made or received a handshake takes place over the control channel between the phone and the cell tower to open a voice communications link over which the call can be carried. This is done whenever a call is in place.

Data is different. GPRS and its successors are an ‘always on’ protocol. This means that, unlike voice communications which are only in place when the call is happening, the data channel is always set up. This allows data like emails, WhatsApps, web browsing to happen instantly whenever required. So, from the moment you switch on your phone you have a data connection. This does not imply that your phone is transferring data though. It is ready to.

#1233 snipped to save space.

bbm

this i think could explain the binge/op/whatsapp situation. could you answer one further question for me regarding your phone charts:

i notice that you have ‘earliest start’ and ‘latest end’ times [which i can see from the notches on moller's original timeline]. how did you then decide on the detailed [i.e. to the second] start times, under your column D 'start'?

 

[JudgeJudi]

This newspaper piece is dated September 2014. I don’t recall having seen it before though we have seen quite a lot about this incident. This one is more detailed than I have read before.

http://www.express.co.uk/news/world...t-on-a-two-hour-rampage-at-London-Paralympics

“Oscar Pistorius went on a two-hour rampage at the London Paralympics

The athlete then began hitting tables, kicking walls and throwing furniture around as stunned officials gathered outside the door.
It is understood that at various stages Paralympic chiefs went into the room to try to calm him down but each visit saw a fresh escalation of his hysterical reaction.”

What a fascinating article. He has total, absolutely total lack of self-control. A grown man carrying on like a maniac for 2 hours because he loses a race? Disappointment must be massive when you've trained hard for a long time, but there were over 10,000 athletes in the London Olympics and I've never heard of any other athlete behaving like this before.

The article also includes the following.

“He didn’t just throw his toys out of the pram, he threw the whole pram. It sounded just like a naughty toddler who had gone into meltdown and thrown themselves on the floor after being told they couldn’t have a new toy at the shops.

“Top athletes always react badly to losing but this was something beyond that and showed a man completely unable to control his emotions.”

Which brings me back to Estelle van der Merwe who was awakened around 1:56am by the loud voice of somebody who sounded like they were in a fight. She thought it was a woman’s voice which lasted for about an hour. I always felt that the voice van der Merwe heard was OP's, not Reeva's. Reeva was known for avoiding confrontations and preferred to wait for things to settle down before talking.

Remember they had a big fight that started after Reeva and Gina attended a comedy evening hosted by Tropika. OP rang her and screamed abuse over the phone. He tried to call her repeatedly that night and then resorted to ringing Gina. Gina said he often did this and that whenever they had a fight and Reeva didn’t want to speak to him, he’d call her. Reeva asked her not to answer his calls.

There have many, many instances of OP screaming when he’s angry but I’ve never read of one single instance where Reeva has. Her TV show was about to air and her engaging in a screaming match that could be heard by neighbours would be the last thing she’d do IMO, and that’s one of the reasons why van der Merwe only heard OP. She said the voice could be heard intermittently, probably because it was only him screaming, or alternatively they were moving around the house.

He's getting worse with age, not better, and his violence just keeps escalating. Masipa will probably say he's not a threat to society. I think he poses a huge threat to anyone, anywhere who gets in his way or doesn't agree with him. If he gets "confined to barracks" at Uncle Arnie's, can't get out to drink with his buddies or socialise, god help anyone who crosses him.

 

[IndianSummer]

Tic-toc....I imagine he is scared of the unknown barreling toward him in just hours...
like a woman screaming seconds before she is shot dead


JMO

 

[Mr Fossil]

Thanks SO much for taking the time to clarify all of that!!!!!!!!

I do have a follow-up question. You wrote, " So, it’s my belief that the phone data has been telling us a lot more than was presented or understood in court."

What exactly do you think it's telling us?

I've held this belief for a long while as my various posts will testify.

Firstly I thought that the GPRS activations were significant because it suggested that OP was awake when he testified that he was asleep. I surmised that OP was using Airplane mode to make his phone silent and avoid embarrassing communications from another female whilst he was in Reeva's presence. I knew that he was a phone junkie, an insomniac, had been accused of cheating on other girlfriends, had previously programmed his Blackberry to stop himself texting into the night (his autobiography) and that he carried his phone everywhere with him, even to the bathroom (Sam Taylor). We now learn that he was speaking with Jenna Edkins (an ex-girlfriend) immediately before entering his home on 13 Feb and being with Reeva. We also know that he called and SMS'd her regularly since 1 Jan (Behind the Door p379-386), especially when things were not going so well (the messages and calls tally with Reeva's critical WhatsApps, known arguments, the Tashas incident etc.). He also called another unnamed female each week (p378). So we know he has every reason to be secretive about his phone.

I speculate that the GPRS activations late at night might be WhatsApp message exchanges with someone. It seemed strange that his phone should disappear the following morning and we now know that, as suspected, it had been tampered with. All WhatsApp messages had been removed.

The last GPRS connection at 01:48:48 ends immediately prior to Estelle van der Merwe's reported argument, which she heard from 01:56 on and off for the next hour. Then in the next 15-20 minutes after this the bat hits the door, a woman is heard screaming in fear including help, a man calls help, gunshots are fired and Reeva is killed.

If OP is awake at 01:48:48 then is he communicating with another female, been caught and this is what triggered the argument? Masipa can't dismiss EvdM's evidence if OP is proven to be lying and is on his phone immediately before the argument EvdM hears. Add to this, did the phone disappear to cleanse it of incriminating evidence?

None of this came out in court and yet it was all available or known to the State.

Then we have OP's call to Security and the Binge WhatsApp exchange which I've covered earlier.

 

[Mr Fossil]

#1233 snipped to save space.

bbm

this i think could explain the binge/op/whatsapp situation. could you answer one further question for me regarding your phone charts:

i notice that you have ‘earliest start’ and ‘latest end’ times [which i can see from the notches on moller's original timeline]. how did you then decide on the detailed [i.e. to the second] start times, under your column D 'start'?

Sorry, I don't understand your first point.

Re. the column D times: in some instances they are speculation based on other known events (like when OP is left alone) but in others I have had to simply place them somewhere in the range pending any further supporting evidence. They can be at any time within the range. Where there is a range there is uncertainty. Simple as that.

 

[sleuth-d-]

What a fascinating article. He has total, absolutely total lack of self-control. A grown man carrying on like a maniac for 2 hours because he loses a race? Disappointment must be massive when you've trained hard for a long time, but there were over 10,000 athletes in the London Olympics and I've never heard of any other athlete behaving like this before.

The article also includes the following.

“He didn’t just throw his toys out of the pram, he threw the whole pram. It sounded just like a naughty toddler who had gone into meltdown and thrown themselves on the floor after being told they couldn’t have a new toy at the shops.

“Top athletes always react badly to losing but this was something beyond that and showed a man completely unable to control his emotions.”

Which brings me back to Estelle van der Merwe who was awakened around 1:56am by the loud voice of somebody who sounded like they were in a fight. She thought it was a woman’s voice which lasted for about an hour. I always felt that the voice van der Merwe heard was OP's, not Reeva's. Reeva was known for avoiding confrontations and preferred to wait for things to settle down before talking.

Remember they had a big fight that started after Reeva and Gina attended a comedy evening hosted by Tropika. OP rang her and screamed abuse over the phone. He tried to call her repeatedly that night and then resorted to ringing Gina. Gina said he often did this and that whenever they had a fight and Reeva didn’t want to speak to him, he’d call her. Reeva asked her not to answer his calls.

There have many, many instances of OP screaming when he’s angry but I’ve never read of one single instance where Reeva has. Her TV show was about to air and her engaging in a screaming match that could be heard by neighbours would be the last thing she’d do IMO, and that’s one of the reasons why van der Merwe only heard OP. She said the voice could be heard intermittently, probably because it was only him screaming, or alternatively they were moving around the house.

He's getting worse with age, not better, and his violence just keeps escalating. Masipa will probably say he's not a threat to society. I think he poses a huge threat to anyone, anywhere who gets in his way or doesn't agree with him. If he gets "confined to barracks" at Uncle Arnie's, can't get out to drink with his buddies or socialise, god help anyone who crosses him.

also from that article:
"The athlete had to be locked in a room, punched tables and hurled chairs against walls"
"The athlete then began hitting tables, kicking walls and throwing furniture around as stunned officials gathered outside the door"
"It is understood that at various stages Paralympic chiefs went into the room to try to calm him down but each visit saw a fresh escalation of his hysterical reaction"

13th/14th february has all the signs of escalation.
hysterical seems a good description. 2012 they say lasted 2hrs - this one started at 1:56 and lasted for 1hour 20mins.
we also have locked doors [x2]
we also have something thrown - against the bath; and hurled against the door - cricket bat.
we also have kicking doors.
we also have barging doors.

you could very well be right about op being the source of the earlier one-sided argument... and - as here, with the officials - reeva periodically 'going into the room to try to calm him down'.

 

[ApplesInMyBra]

I've certainly seen references on here to "Jub Jub" but I had NO idea until today that he was some famous hip-hop celebrity in SA.

Can anyone "in the know" tell me how the name is pronounced in US English?

Does it rhyme with "tub" as in bathtub, "tube" as in paper towel tube, or something else altogether?

Thanks in advance!

Yes, Jub rhymes with tub.

 

[Mr Fossil]

10111 [3:17!] it could never have been if masipa listened to dr stipp's testimony. it was the first thing i commented on after 5 minutes looking at her timeline.

i assume the 10111 call was initially moved around by roux - masipa just took it as fact without checking, imo [remember her comment re: phone times]. where did the defence get the details for the 3:27:14 call? was dr stipp's phone record entered as evidence. i don't think so. was the security call log entered as evidence?

3:17/3:27:14... neither of these times were established during the cross examination of dr stipp, iirc... but roux then magically added them to the final timeline

the dt were needing to 'discredit' dr stipp from minute one.

Absolutely! Masipa (and her Assessors) take Roux's timeline as the basis for Masipa's chronology, without checking anything. Unbelievable.

The Defence got the 03:27:14 details from the State. It was not disputed by Nel. I believe the Security landline call log was entered as Exhibit Q (ref Defence HoA).

03:27:14 was put to Dr Stipp by Roux but Stipp stuck to his sequence and said he didn't know the times. Worth a listen because Roux tries to trick him into agreeing that everything must have been after that time, and then points out he was at OP's house. Stipp says he'd like to see the times.

03:17 is based on Johnson's call time then fit everything from there (if it doesn't fit, change it or discard it).

Is Culpable Homicide really a 'competent' verdict?

 

[sleuth-d-]

Sorry, I don't understand your first point.

Re. the column D times: in some instances they are speculation based on other known events (like when OP is left alone) but in others I have had to simply place them somewhere in the range pending any further supporting evidence. They can be at any time within the range. Where there is a range there is uncertainty. Simple as that.

thanks for that...

re: the first point - binge/op/whatsapp, here's the theory, let me know what you think:

the data connection [gprs on the moller chart] that you have as starting at 20:24:49 could have started any time after 20:20:00 [i don't think the specific start time was mentioned]… this would have given op/binge 5:07minutes [maximum] to be swapping whatsapps before the voice call commences at 20:25:07 - which i think is a reasonable time for swapping a few messages, and more inline with a comment saying the messages started at 'ten past eight' [binge's statement]

this data connection is over 3g. the iphone 5 has dual radio receivers, so can accept both voice and data on separate channels over 3g.

i am thinking that the connection then drops to 2g during the voice call to binge - kind of hidden behind this call on your 0200 chart.

2g i believe can only send data or voice. i am guessing as the voice channel is already connected and in use [op/binge call], the data channel [which is 'quiet'] gets dropped in this instance.

the data connection is then re-established soon after the call finishes, automatically in this case, not via airplane mode. note how the next connection is a 2g connection, hinting at a previous dip to 2g [total loss of the data channel].


also notice that reeva's phone dropped to 2g at around the same time [20:05]... i guess usage is greater in this area in the evenings than daytimes - it is mainly residential.

 

[JudgeJudi]

On Monday Masipa will begin hearing defence witnesses who will testify on why OP should not serve time behind bars.

The State will then call witnesses to testify on why he should serve the stiffest penalty.

There is no prescribed sentence for a conviction of culpable homicide and the penalty is at the judge's discretion.

Masipa will probably adjourn the court to consider the evidence before setting another date to hand down the sentence.

“After the sentence is handed down, both the State and defence can appeal.

The State can only appeal on grounds of law, in this instance, that the murder principal has been applied incorrectly by the judge.

The defence can appeal the conviction of culpable homicide or the sentence - or both.

They can say the judge made an error in considering the facts or interpreting the law".

http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Oscar_Pistorius/Countdown-for-Oscar-20141011

 

[Mr Fossil]

thanks for that...

re: the first point - binge/op/whatsapp, here's the theory, let me know what you think:

the data connection [gprs on the moller chart] that you have as starting at 20:24:49 could have started any time after 20:20:00 [i don't think the specific start time was mentioned]… this would have given op/binge 5:07minutes [maximum] to be swapping whatsapps before the voice call commences at 20:25:07 - which i think is a reasonable time for swapping a few messages, and more inline with a comment saying the messages started at 'ten past eight' [binge's statement]

this data connection is over 3g. the iphone 5 has dual radio receivers, so can accept both voice and data on separate channels over 3g.

i am thinking that the connection then drops to 2g during the voice call to binge - kind of hidden behind this call on your 0200 chart.

2g i believe can only send data or voice. i am guessing as the voice channel is already connected and in use [op/binge call], the data channel [which is 'quiet'] gets dropped in this instance.

the data connection is then re-established soon after the call finishes, automatically in this case, not via airplane mode. note how the next connection is a 2g connection, hinting at a previous dip to 2g [total loss of the data channel].


also notice that reeva's phone dropped to 2g at around the same time [20:05]... i guess usage is greater in this area in the evenings than daytimes - it is mainly residential.

Interesting and thank you. Fortunately the absence of GPRS or otherwise for the Binge WhatsApp exchange wouldn't affect the rest of the GPRS argument. I had it as the target for the potentially 'tampered with' WhatsApps from 22:30-01:48, but if the phone has simply been wiped of all WhatsApps there isn't a need for this (although it would make an even more cunning subterfuge as, if the messages could be recovered somehow, they would still support the evidence).

But now for your points. As I understand Moller's chart, GPRS activations are only shown where they start, they are never a continuation of something that started earlier. So the 2G at 20:50-21:00 has to start no earlier than the end of the Binge call, e.g. 20:54:04. This is an example of me placing the time based on supporting factors. I'm also being generous because the existing GPRS connection would have to cut out first and it always lasts longer than the call (ref other calls), even if OP is achieving this manually (it takes a little time). I have changed the earliest start time in the range to 20:54:04 to reflect this point (and the subsequent earliest start to be 13 seconds later).

I have the GPRS connection covering the call being 1,755 seconds which means the earliest it can start is 20:24:49 if it ends at the same time as the call (unlikely) but just 18 seconds before the call starts. This has to cover the ringing time too!

However, I can't read the duration clearly and, as I have noted, it could be 1,795 seconds, adding a further 40 seconds to the 18, making a 58 second maximum pre-call connection. I don't buy it. Binge is clear that the exchange starts at 20:10 (not 'just prior' or similar) and both he and OP talk about a conversation going back and fore before OP calls.

Also note that there was a known bug in iOS 6 around this time whereby the signal could drop not long after a call ended. Perhaps we are seeing this (check the call to Jenna). 2G cuts in first, then 3G.

Finally, Reeva's switch to 2G at 20:04:00. I think this is simply her putting the phone down by the kettle! or perhaps walking upstairs past all the metal railings.

ETA1: After further thought I see I may have missed your key point re 2G and voice but not data (which is correct). Let me think about this and come back in a mo.

ETA2: After more further thought. Your theory makes a lot of sense but it is not what Moller's chart or Vodacom are reporting so I don't think your theory works with the informative we have. We know from Moller's charts that when a call is placed and the cell tower changes mid-call this is reported as one continuous GPRS connection on the original cell tower, with a duration spanning the call. The new cell tower is noted against the call (and if this changes mid-call it would not be recorded anywhere). I show the cell tower change merely by adding it in the list (examples are 17:36:27, 17:44:35 and 17:53:24). Note that in all instances the last call is over 2G but the GPRS duration spans all calls, irrespective of 3G or 2G. This is also the case for the Binge call. The duration is too similar to the length of the call duration to be anything else. Vodacom must add data and voice together to create a pseudo GPRS connection time. It's more like saying it is the signal duration from the time GPRS is initiated with the cell tower through to the earliest of GPRS dropping or the call ending time.

 

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Zwiebel...you need to check in! Don't you miss this time like you did before :floolaugh:

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