Trial Discussion Thread #20 - 14.04.08, Day 18

[soozieqtips]

They're off for lunch and I'm off to get a late breakfast. Thanks to all for the commentary. See you later xxxxx

Now those kisses I just added mean I love you all deeply and I know you feel the same way!

 

[BritsKate]

TMG Oscar ‏@OscarsTrial 28m
#OscarPistorius OP opened the gift last year on RS' birthday August 8 - photo frame she had made with photos of the couple

Rebecca Davis ‏@becsplanb 1m
@OscarsTrial @SundayTimesZA Except her birthday was August 19th

https://twitter.com/becsplanb

 

[Cher352]

Thanks for the updates I missed so much.
Got busy when they broke for tea not until I refreshed my screen did I realize they started back. Only heard the last few minutes and now it's time for lunch....Dang!

 

[james83]

Why would there be such a long gap between reeva opening the bathroom window and shutting the toilet door?.

 

[jay-jay]

He heard the toilet door slam?

He never mentioned a door slamming in his BH affidavit.

At that time, it was just a nondescript 'noise'.

The 'slam' word is quite telling, too .. as I think he is mixing bits up with what really happened that night.

 

[Gbtaketwo]

They're off for lunch and I'm off to get a late breakfast. Thanks to all for the commentary. See you later xxxxx

Now those kisses I just added mean I love you all deeply and I know you feel the same way!

Lol
but OP only LIKED Reeva and vice versa

 

[zwiebel]

I'm not sure why, but towards the end of his testimony there, Reeva's head injury was flashed on screen again, which is why the bucket was handed to OP.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/oscar-pistorius-trial-live-updates-3387093

 

[Sarahlou]

Oscar's nose must be rivalling Pinochio's by now.
I hope Nel does a good job with him.

 

[zwiebel]

O/T Dewani's appeared Cape Town High Court, case postponed until May 12th.

 

[james83]

1,2 Gerrie's coming for you.

 

[jay-jay]

In SA he's allowed to lead his witness through his testimony

Well, he may be allowed to, but I don't believe it is doing the accused any good by him doing it .. if OP has nothing to hide, then he should have no difficulty saying what happened that night, without any prompting from anyone or guiding in the right direction.

 

[Viper]

OP says he had Reeva's jeans in his hand to cover a stereo LED light. :what: And then he went for his gun. And somehow after blowing Mr. Intruder's brains out the jeans end up flying out the window?! I think OP may have gone off script. Or the script just blows.

 

[04009margaret]

Shaking head. Would you not whisper to Reeva at this point? Are you there (to check if she is in bathroom). Are you ok? Stay here and let me check this noise out. Ugh. I want to believe him because I really believe love existed between them, but this night and these moments do not compute).

Especially as she was awake & hadn't been asleep

 

[james83]

Oscar has actually managed to make his story even more implausible.

 

[Val1]

No Roux didn't say that. When ST couldn't remember if OP had dropped her off that night after the sunroof shooting or if she went to his house or what, Roux asked her if she remembered that OP had to be in Scotland by the next day to play golf.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/07/oscar-pistorius-trial-live-updates-day-five

This is what was at that link which sounds to me like he was implying that she was lying about the event:

Hamish Macdonald ✔ @hamishNews
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Taylor remembers Pistorius dropping her off that day. But Roux says Oscar was in Scotland to play gulf by the next day. #OscarTrial
2:15 AM - 7 Mar 2014

 

[Interested Bystander]

The stereo light as was discussed here last year, didn't see any jeans covering it in the crime photos, if those photos were correct.

Why would he do that? Did he normally cover the light or was it only to make the darkness more plausible? Seems incredibly odd to me.

 

[Viper]

TMG Oscar ‏@OscarsTrial 28m
#OscarPistorius OP opened the gift last year on RS' birthday August 8 - photo frame she had made with photos of the couple

Rebecca Davis ‏@becsplanb 1m
@OscarsTrial @SundayTimesZA Except her birthday was August 19th

https://twitter.com/becsplanb

BIB Shaking my head. :no:

 

[K.T]

For those only following trial here:

Pistorius is frightened of the “people, persons” in the toilet as he’s just heard the door slam. He says he is scared to put his head around the door.

Just as Pistorius is about to talk about firing into the toilet at Steenkamp he takes a long pause. He has paused many times throughout the recitation.
Roux buts in: May I interrupt. You spoke about a passage.

It’s a timely break, I think, giving Pistorius time for composure. June Steenkamp has her head in her hands during his last testimony, overcome. Defense wants prosecution to look at an image of the bathroom window is open and it takes a useful amount of time. Pistorius’ voice is steadier when he confirms that is the same window. Now Roux wants to break again as it’s 1pm. We’ll take a lunch adjournment…!

 

[jay-jay]

TMG Oscar ‏@OscarsTrial 28m
#OscarPistorius OP opened the gift last year on RS' birthday August 8 - photo frame she had made with photos of the couple

Rebecca Davis ‏@becsplanb 1m
@OscarsTrial @SundayTimesZA Except her birthday was August 19th

https://twitter.com/becsplanb

Oh my! :scared::floorlaugh:

 

[Interested Bystander]

OP says he had Reeva's jeans in his hand to cover a stereo LED light. :what: And then he went for his gun. And somehow after blowing Mr. Intruder's brains out the jeans end up flying out the window?! I think OP may have gone off script. Or the script just blows.

In desperate need of the lunch break, methinks. Someone will need to put OP back on course.