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Discrepancies between Henris Initial Statement (IS) and Plea Explanation (PE)
PART 1
Before dinner
IS: Rudi was outside went for a run.
PE: Rudi, Henri and Martin watched TV whilst Teresa made dinner.
IS: Marli and Teresa were in the house.
PE: As far as he could recall, Marli was in the room.
After dinner
IS: Martin, Henri, Rudi and Marli watched TV after dinner.
PE: Martin, Henri and Rudi watched the movie Star Trek 2.
IS: Martin went to bed at about 9:00. Henri and Rudi went to bed at 11:00.
PE: After the movie, Martin, Henri and Rudi said goodnight.
As Martin went to bed at 9:00, only Henri and Rudi could have watched the movie.
IS: Rudi was asleep while Henri was still on his laptop watching the TV series One Piece until 3:00am. He then listened to music on his cell phone to get to sleep.
PE: Rudi and Henri turned off the lights and got into bed. Initially, Rudi and Henri were both busy on their laptops.
IS: He put his earphones and phone on the bedside table. He then decided to go to the toilet and took his phone with him. Once inside, he closed the toilet door.
PE: Long after he went to bed he went to the bathroom to move his bowels. He took his cellphone to play games. He didnt switch on the light.
Detail added about having to move his bowels and not switching on the light. No mention of closing the door.
IS: While inside the toilet he heard a noise coming from his room where Rudi was sleeping. The noise was close.
PE: He suddenly heard several banging sounds that sounded close by. The sounds were so loud and strange that they startled him into investigating the source.
IS: He opened the door slightly and saw in the dark that someone was hitting Rudi.
He stood there, afraid to leave the toilet and started to shout for help.
PE: He opened the door and looked in the direction of the banging sounds coming from the vicinity of Rudis bed. He could make out the silhouette of someone standing next to (between the two beds) or partially on Rudis bed. The person was hitting Rudi with what he later discovered to be an axe.
He initially stood frozen, trying to comprehend what was going on. He cant remember whether he remained in the same position throughout the attack on Rudi.
IS: Martin entered the room and turned on the lights. Henri saw a person hitting Rudi with an axe. Martin saw the whole thing happening.
Martin jumped on the person who then attacked Martin with the axe.
Rudi was lying on the bed while Martin was attacked.
Henri was still standing in the bedroom with the lights on looking at what was happening. Martin then collapsed.
PE: The light was turned on and his Dad came into the room. The attack was still ongoing.
Martin moved towards and onto the bed, over Rudi, towards the attacker who was on the opposite side of the bed.
[Henris bed was closest to the en suite bathroom, i.e. the right-hand side as you enter the bedroom from the passage]
Henri said in his PE that the attacker was between the two beds. His back would have been turned away from the door leading to the passage. He was not on the far side of Rudis bed. Henri said Martin came into the room, therefore he must have jumped on the persons back because the person was still attacking Rudi. Martin could not have sustained injuries to the back of his head if he jumped on the persons back BUT if Martin threw himself over Rudi to protect him, the injuries would have been to the back of his head.
In the IS Henri was in the toilet, afraid to leave but says he cant remember if he stayed there. If in fact he left the bathroom and went into the bedroom, this would explain why he said My Dad came into the room. It also means that he simply stood there and watched the attacks on both Rudi and Martin and did nothing to help them.