No I mean, back up against a side wall so he's nowhere in front. That's if he had no intention of shooting anyone and you were scared.
Yes, that's what he did. Where he stood, he could not have been shot, unless the shooter came out of the closet.
No I mean, back up against a side wall so he's nowhere in front. That's if he had no intention of shooting anyone and you were scared.
Dixon testified to it
Yes is was pitch black. Let's forget for a minute the question--why didn't he turn on the lights?
He could have stood there and said, "Reeva?"
I don't think he ever said he did that. Instead he's feeling around for her in the dark--feeling the bed, feeling the floor, feeling the curtains.
He was deaf! [and blind].
That's why his testimony sounded so weird. He was feeling around for her in the bedroom---feeling the floor, feeling the curtains.
He was deaf!
Dixon testified to it
Yes is was pitch black. Let's forget for a minute the question--why didn't he turn on the lights?
He could have stood there and said, "Reeva?"
I don't think he ever said he did that. Instead he's feeling around for her in the dark--feeling the bed, feeling the floor, feeling the curtains.
He was deaf! [and blind].
I haven't seen any evidence that the WC light was broken. OP says it was, but what are his words worth after that meltdown in the box? The Stipps say it was working and on. I'll go with what the Stipps say on this one.
I don't know why he didn't turn on the light.
Still afraid?
Yes, that's what he did. Where he stood, he could not have been shot, unless the shooter came out of the closet.
By 'tested it' do you mean he looked it up on the internet? :angel:
An interesting connection from a previous case involving Roger Dixon, Dup de Bruyn (Steenkamp family lawyer) and autopsy pathologist Gert Saayman :-
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I don't think that is quite right not that it changes much. Neither appears to have exactly the qualifications that were needed but Vermeulen has undertaken many courses in various aspects associated with his work. I imagine, in his time with the police, that Dixon probably did too.
Vermeulen has a BSc degree majoring in Chemistry and Zoology not Geology.
He also has an Hons Degree and MSc in Chemistry.
All obtained from North West University.
Vermeulen has obviously studied a great deal more than Dixon but in their jobs I think it is experience that matters. Vermeulen was expected to be able to comment on something he had no real training for. Just like poor old Dixon.
The whole episode according to OP fails miserably right from the beginning. When getting ready to search for intruders everyone's immediate first reaction is to shake their partner and say "Did you hear that?" Hey wake up.
Anyone would first locate their partner because of the obvious danger of mistaking your partner for the intruder. The girlfriend could have gotten up for any number of reasons in the middle of the night. Hungry, bathroom break, thirsty, etc.
It is such a common occurrence that you always assume the noise is the partner not the other way around.
His story fails right from the start.
It was said there was 20cm difference to OP, if that's any help. In other words, a lot.
According to Roux, the first call was made at 3.27am, and after this the male screams were heard.
That's not why his testimony sounded weird. It sounded weird because it's a total fabrication that changes like sands thru the hourglass... like Days of Our Lives.
This is what Oscar testified (I am paraphrasing a bit here):
He crossed the bed (but has no clue if there was a duvet on it, he can't remember)
When he was on the bed it occurred to him it could be Reeva in the bathroom (before he checked anywhere else)
Nel says to him, so you can see the floor?
Oscar says no, he was feeling for her.
Nel asks him if he's feeling around frantically for her, why are the clippers still upright?
Oscar then says, I wasn't feeling for her.
Nel, um ok - how did you check the floor.
Oscar says that his act of standing up and walking thru that area was how he felt for her. He clearly would have stepped on her if she were there which he did not, that is how he knew she wasn't on the floor.
Then he said he ran his hands along the curtains to "check for her". She wasn't there.
When Nel circled back on this, Oscar says he didn't check the curtains.
Nel, um ok - what were you doing with the curtains.
Oscar, I used them to balance and by my act of balancing I was also checking for her.
Oscar later says he "checked" for her on the balcony and quickly tried to back track to say that he went to the balcony to call for help.
Nel asks him why he just said he "checked" for her on the balcony?
Oops, mistake, my bad.... tears
I only caught the last 45 minutes today and based on how that made me feel I refuse to watch any more of him. But please, do share with me how Dixon scientically determined the light in the WC was inoperable over a year ago!!! I'm on the edge of my seat...opcorn:
According to OP his first reaction was to tell Reeva to call the police because he heard the sound of a woman using the bathroom.
After shooting Reeva, curiously, OP never called the police.