Trial Discussion Thread #6 - 14.03.13-14, Day 9-10

[zwiebel]

Von: I showed the body to him, then we followed the trail of blood..

Photo. Can I hear retching?

 

[Trooper]

VON calls his station. about 20 officers on 24 hour duty.. I have bit of a techglitch.. me , that is. not the VON or Nels.

 

[djameson]

Station commander...cop for 29 years. Resigned under a cloud of controversy due to this case.

oh ok thanks

 

[zwiebel]

Von: This is the entrance to the residence. This is where we gained entry..a plant pot and a little pond there.

 

[soozieqtips]

A brief summary so far today:

We're had a fairly stultifying morning listening to Barry Roux's back and forth cross-examination about what Col Vermeulen did and didn't do to preserve the integrity of his case.

We've heard that he didn't "bother" to check whether the door had been kicked and that he didn't pay much attention to finding the pieces of the door that had been knocked out by the bat.

We've heard that police transported the door in a body bag, and that watches went missing from Pistorius' home.

While these are all concerning admissions, it strikes me that much of what we've seen is theatre - Mr Roux tying Col Vermeulen up in knots about details that aren't really relevant in a bid to show the judge that he's not on top of his game. We've been through a series of notes, reports and documents, examined the colonel's qualifications at length, but it's not that clear why any of this matters - it's merely confirmed what many people already knew, that the SAPS are sometimes found wanting a little when it comes to the precision of their work.

Col Vermeulen's central claim, that Pistorius hit the door with the cricket bat on his stumps, is hard to challenge factually and he is, more than Mr Roux and his lunchtime experiments hitting the door in court, the expert.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...694204/Oscar-Pistorius-murder-trial-live.html

 

[Trooper]

oscar is bent over his bench. head on the back of the bench in front of him

yes, you can hear retching.

 

[zwiebel]

Von: As you go through Portal, to the right. Wooden door to the garage. Left of the door, small sitting room.

 

[Trooper]

I cant describe the photos to you. I just cant..

you will be able to pick the up somewhere, else.. Icant

 

[zwiebel]

Judge just asks 'What paragraph five?'

Roux says he means photo five.

There is blood on a chair somewhere. Sitting area downstairs?

ETA: I think I meant Nel above, not Roux.

 

[Carol70]

quickly popping in, sadly work interfering in my ability to follow the trial but if anyone is streaming live, and are able to, PLEASE take screen shots of crime scene pics if at all possible. Tia

 

[BritsKate]

Rebecca Davis ‏@becsplanb 1m
As much of a beating as police are taking in #Pistorius trial, who'd wanna be a cop in SA? Witness testifies he'd been on duty for 24 hours
https://twitter.com/becsplanb

 

[zwiebel]

Blood on tiles or towels?

 

[Trooper]

these are pictures of the hallway...the blood pools and splatters..

 

[zwiebel]

Photo 8 is close up of blood.

Blood blood blood.

 

[zwiebel]

Von: That is the bottom of the stairs. Body of deceased was on left hand side.

 

[Trooper]

god knows what the upstairs is going to look like. god almighty.

 

[zwiebel]

Von: Photo 13. That is the pillow. Just below that pillow is where deceased was laying.

 

[zwiebel]

Numbers on screen have changed as some were deleted on exhibits so they are out of sync, I think.

 

[james83]

Attempted cover up theory gaining momentum here imo.

 

[zwiebel]

I just have audio...am not looking at these photos. Sorry, not up to it at the moment.