Trial Discussion Thread #36 - 14.05.09 Day 29

[kaos]

Isn't Woolie completely contradicting Dixon by saying Reeva was further away from the door when Dixon said she was right up next to it?

I couldn't get the youtube livestream to work on my Tivo so I'm still having to watch it on my laptop

 

[zwiebel]

How are you seeing what's going on inside the courtroom? All I can see is the great seal of I Can't Bloody Read It.

I'm just looking at tweets from people in the courtroom...

 

[Freya1977]

Did I see here that OP made some offensive comment to somebody and Gina said something to OP? I saw a few posts but couldn't get the jist of the story....

 

[Warren Levine]

Breaches his bail conditions, and there were witnesses, one of whom was a policeman.

ohhhhhhh, right. Good point. I'd forgotten all about the terms of his bail.

 

[steveml]

A church? What does a church smell like?

'Heaven Scent' ?









...I'll get my coat.

 

[ColonelMustard]

I don't know the man, that's my story and I'm stickin to it.

Mr. Greenjeans

Dancing Bear and Bunny Rabbit don't concur.

 

[Warren Levine]

I'm just looking at tweets from people in the courtroom...

To paraphrase Kinky Friedman, Tweetin' ain't Cheatin'

 

[christee]

Just reading, I thought it might be me having trouble following. Kept asking myself, what's his point for the defense. Waiting for Nel

:wave:

 

[jay-jay]

I'm still waiting for both of my feeds to come back up :/ (Channel 4/Telegraph)

 

[lithgow1]

Breaches his bail conditions, and there were witnesses, one of whom was a policeman.

My understanding was it would only breach conditions if she is/was on the state's witness list but she's not. Bit confused but got the impression there were two lists: she was on one (maybe the 100+) but not other. Shame really - would serve him right.

 

[ColonelMustard]

'Heaven Scent' ?

...I'll get my coat.

Good one. Haven't heard of that eau de parfum in decades.

It feels like old home week here.

 

[kaos]

I think the bullet trajectory was slightly downward, so if he was kneeling I think (I'm not sure) that would make him too low .. I personally think he was on his prosthesis and either crouched like he does in his zombie stopper vid or he shot from the hip (although I don't think he would've been able to shoot so accurately with one hand, so I'm going for the former i.e. crouching). I'm almost certain in my own mind that he had his prosthetic legs on that night.

I think he was on his legs too and .... if he's on his legs, he's not in bed! (my own Johnnie Cochran phraseology)

Did I see here that OP made some offensive comment to somebody and Gina said something to OP? I saw a few posts but couldn't get the jist of the story....

OP allegedly leaned in towards her and whispered "how can you sleep at night?" apparently in a 'sinister' tone. Gina, her mum and a journalist are all supposed to have heard it and a police photographer witnessed him saying something and went over to them to ask if they were okay as he saw their expression.

 

[zwiebel]

The Guardian reporter thinks state may make something of W's admittance he has hearing problems. I'm not so sure, because how 'scientific' was his test finding anyhow? All he concluded was the bat and gun 'made similar sounds' but the gun was 'louder'.

That's so vague it hardly seems worth prosecution refuting, especially as we were not even allowed to hear those sounds!

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/09/oscar-pistorius-reeva-steenkamp-murder-trial-9-may

 

[Warren Levine]

My understanding was it would only breach conditions if she is/was on the state's witness list but she's not. Bit confused but got the impression there were two lists: she was on one (maybe the 100+) but not other. Shame really - would serve him right.

I think there was one master list on which she appeared, but she didn't testify (that may have been the other list?), however she is subject to being called.

 

[liesbeth]

I can't understand why defence used so few visual aids. It would have made W's testimony SO much easier to follow.

Yesterday the defense asked that Wollie's complete report not be made public. And since then Roux's been herding Wolmarans through the report.

Wolmarans is like a big, friendly dog and Roux wanted a rottweiler.

 

[steveml]

Isn't Woolie completely contradicting Dixon by saying Reeva was further away from the door when Dixon said she was right up next to it?

I couldn't get the youtube livestream to work on my Tivo so I'm still having to watch it on my laptop

I think he mentioned a distance of 60cm at one stage, but I'll really need to have another listen as he's not the most dynamic of witnesses. I'd still want him in my quiz team for questions on bullets and weaponry though.

 

[Really?]

It will be very interesting if police arrest OP for questioning over the Kim comment, as he comes out of court....

I don't know if they do that sort of thing in SA. It's not uncommon in the UK and US, I think.

Wouldn't that be lovely .:jail:

 

[Freya1977]

OP allegedly leaned in towards her and whispered "how can you sleep at night?" apparently in a 'sinister' tone. Gina, her mum and a journalist are all supposed to have heard it and a police photographer witnessed him saying something and went over to them to ask if they were okay as he saw their expression.

<snipped>

Wow! I think he should be answering that question. What have they done to him??

 

[zwiebel]

There is someone explaining ballistics on whoop and he's great! He knows W and says W should be preparing himself for a BIG cross.

 

[lisasalinger]

Mangena has his laser out.....

May the force be with him!