Roux begins his cross-examination of Baba, asking about the tracking device used on the security forces patrol vehicles. The estate manager Johan Stander asked Baba to call the police, Baba says, and he left the scene to do so. Nel asks if the lights were on in the house, Baba confirms that he remembers they were, and Roux now takes over questioning the witness.
Baba: The estate manager and his daughter arrived. Baba: when we went near the door, Pistorius came down with the deceased oscartrial I was so shocked I couldn't think for a moment. He cried into the receiver and ended the call without speaking to Baba. I called the man with the bakkie to go investigate. He says he received phone calls from Stipp and another estate resident, both reporting gunshots heard in the complex on the night of the murder.
OscarPistorius Baba: has worked at the Silverwoods Estate for about two years. Five guards work on a shift. Witness and Silverwoods security guard Pieter Baba, who was on duty the night of the murder, is called to the witness box.
He speaks Afrikaans, and is sworn in with a translator. Nel asks for an early lunch, and the court adjourns for an hour. In summation, so far this morning:. Roux objects to Nel wanting to produce potentially new evidence. Nel apologises, he forgot oscartrial. Pistorius woke her up on one such occasion, she says. Roux states that Pistorius denied firing the shot through the sunroof, before Nel takes over to examine Samantha Taylor.
Court is back in session, and Roux is still questioning Taylor. The court adjourned briefly after Taylor broke down in tears. Defense lawyer Barry Roux said he would produce emails between Taylor and Pistorius to show the cheating allegation was untrue.
Pistorius says he killed Steenkamp in his home by mistake, thinking she was an intruder. Prosecutors say he intentionally killed her after an argument. When he moves on to asking her about how she felt after their relationship ended for the last time, she starts crying. Court adjourns briefly for the second time today. Taylor remembers Pistorius dropping her off that day.
But Roux says Oscar was in Scotland to play gulf by the next day. He is focusing on what she can recall of where she spent the night and morning after the incident. Roux: Was he angry, irritated or joking? Taylor: "Maybe you should ask the accused. Roux is trying to establish whether Pistorius fired the gun in the car out of anger, irritation, or as a joke. Taylor: "He was angry at the time" of the shot. Roux: "But they were joking and laughing at the time of the shot.
Roux goes back to the sunroof shooting that Nel previously brought up, trying to get Taylor to pinpoint the location of the incident. HuffPost Personal Video Horoscopes. Follow Us. Oscar Pistorius weeps as he listens to evidence by a pathologist in court in Pretoria, South Africa, Monday, April 7, Pistorius is charged with murder for the shooting death of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, on Valentines Day Pistorius took a grilling from State Prosecutor Gerrie Nel on Tuesday and Wednesday, often having to admit that he killed his girlfriend.
He maintains that the shooting was an accident, and got emotional several times over the course of his testimony. It exploded. Nel showed a video, previously broadcast by Sky News, of Pistorius firing a gun at a watermelon and saying that it was "softer than brains. She replies that she heard man, woman and gunshots. Roux: "You have watched Sky News, you watched other news channels, you have a retrospective knowledge" and you come to court with that. Roux: On that fateful morning you did not know you were a neighbour of Oscar Pistorius.
Roux is suggesting she is using knowledge gleaned from media coverage after the event as part of her testimony. She denies it. Burger: "I wasn't in the house What I heard at that stage, I thought there was an intruder. Burger: "From what I heard I assume there had to be someone threatening their lives. The life-threatening screams she gave were petrified. Masipa: "I must say this is very disturbing. I must warn the media that you are not going to be treated with soft gloves. Masipa: No photographs of any witnesses from any source.
An investigation will follow. Nel: Showing photo of witness Michelle Burger on eNCA is "clear violation" of court order and "an investigation should follow". According to its Twitter account, it has used a still picture of Burger from the website of the university where she works.
Pistorius looking calm again. Just received a note from his family, nodded and winked. Now stifling a yawn. As you can see from the top of the blog, proceedings are being broadcast live. Burger: "Moments before gunshots were fired I heard a woman scream Her life was threatened severely in the house.
Updated at 7. Masipa warns Burger to answer yes, no, don't know or don't remember, or she could be "in the witness box for another day". Barry Roux pressing witness Michelle Burger on whether Pistorius 's bail application statement on screams made her think: "It cannot be. Judge Masipa enters court: "You may be seated, Mr Pistorius. The murder trial of Oscar Pistorius is gearing up to be a John Grisham-style courtroom drama. This is not in dispute. What is in dispute is his claim that he did not intend to kill his girlfriend.
This claim inserts a third body into an all too familiar narrative of domestic violence. This imaginary body of the paranoid imaginings of suburban South Africa has lurked like a bogeyman at the periphery of this story for the past year.
It is the threatening body, nameless and faceless, of an armed and dangerous black intruder Pistorius enters high court in Pretoria with bodyguard holding arm and police shouting "make way" amid much pushing and shoving.
Good morning and welcome to our live coverage of the second day of the trial of Oscar Pistorius, who is accused of murdering his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, on 14 February last year. You can follow his tweets here. Pistorius March 4, David Smith SmithInAfrica Johnson: "I remember during the succession of shots I heard a lady scream again, and shortly after the last shot.
March 4, David Smith SmithInAfrica Johnson: At that point we were under impression the house was being attacked so I wanted to bring it to attention of security.
March 4, Burger says, once again, that gunshots make far more noise than a cricket bat would on a wooden door. David Smith SmithInAfrica Pistorius is bent double, hands behind his head, as Roux describes bullets hitting Steenkamp's head causing "brain damage".
David Smith SmithInAfrica Roux: "You don't need extra qualifications to see the striking similarities" between Burger and husband's statements. David Smith SmithInAfrica Roux: We know that when the shots were fired Reeva was in the toilet, the door was closed and locked, the window was closed.
David Smith SmithInAfrica Burger: There was screaming "moments" before the first shot, then scream during the four shots, then last scream just after. Topics Reeva Steenkamp shooting. South Africa Africa. Reuse this content. Order by newest oldest recommendations. Show 25 25 50 All.
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