Oscar Pistorius, das Model, der Valentinstag und das war dann Notwehr

As the defence continued its efforts to discredit the state’s first witness, Michelle Burger, barrister Barry Roux read details from a medical report about where on Ms Steenkamp's body she was struck.

Dr Burger faced continued grilling about what she heard in the early hours of Valentine’s Day 2013, including a claim that she heard Ms Steenkamp's terrified scream just after the final shot was fired.

Mr Roux said this was physically impossible, given the final bullet had struck Ms Steenkamp in the head, puncturing her brain.
The court heard how the first bullet fired by Pistorius struck Ms Steenkamp in the right thigh and the second missed her and instead lodged in the bathroom wall.

A third shot struck her in the shoulder, while the fourth struck her head.It's understood there is a dispute between the parties as to the order of the bullets.

Mr Roux said it will be argued that it was physically impossible for Ms Steenkamp to have continued to scream after being struck in the head by a bullet from Pistorius' gun, especially if the sound had to travel 177 metres from the bathroom where Steenkamp cowered.

"A person with that brain damage will have no cognitive response," he said.

Clearly rattled by the detail, Dr Burger repeated her evidence."Just afterwards was the last time I heard her," she said.In the dock, Pistorius buried his head in his hands and appeared to wipe away tears. He was handed a tissue by a supporter.


http://www.smh.com.au/world/oscar-pistorius-breaks-down-hearing-testimony-during-his-murder-trial-20140304-345kl.html

GuteLaune schrieb:Also kann er sich doch damit nur schaden.

WITNESS TESTIMONY, DAY 2

Witness #2: Estelle Van Der Merwe, another neighbour of Oscar Pistorius. Van Der Merwe is delivering her testimony in Afrikaans.

Ms Van Der Merwe says she went to bed at about 21:00 and she woke up at about 1:56. "It seemed like somebody was involved in a fight," she says. "People were talking in loud voices." She adds it lasted about an hour but she couldn't hear what they were saying.

The witness says she was irritated by the noise. " placed a pillow on my head in hope of falling asleep again," she adds.

The witness tells the court she heard four sounds but that she did not know how to describe them. "It sounded like 'bang, bang'... that's the best I can do," she says

Andrew Harding Africa correspondent tweets: Bangs were "one after the other." Followed by "total silence." Husband then told her they were gunshots, says witness.

Andrew Harding Africa correspondent tweets: "I then heard a commotion." (deep breaths from nervous witness) "Then heard someone crying out." Witness #OscarPistorius

Ms Van Der Merwe is shown an aerial photograph of the area and is asked to identify which house is hers. The house is across the street and one house to the right of Mr Pistorius' property, the court hears.

Witness says she "heard male voices - sounded like they were involved in a fight. I saw lights at Oscar's house."

Roux on cross:

Mr Roux returns to the subject of what Ms Van Der Merwe heard on the night of 14 February 2013. The witness earlier said she heard an argument and later "four sounds... that sounded like 'bang, bang'" but Mr Roux tells the court she is mistaken. That she did not hear any argument, only a woman's voice.

The witness says she can't recall every detail of the incident clearly. "I was terribly frightened," she adds, and then goes on to describe how she saw an ambulance outside Mr Pistorius's house.

Witness #3: Charl Peter Johnson.

Mr Johnson is Michelle Burger's husband.

Mr Johnson says he would prefer to testify in English. He is repeatedly asked to speak more loudly by the judge.

The witness says he was woken by screams on the night of Ms Steenkamp's death. "When I heard the lady scream again I jumped out of bed and ran to the balcony which is on the first floor," he says.

Mr Pistorius and Mr Johnson know each other and have chatted a few times, the court hears. The witness points out his house in an aerial shot.

Mr Johnson tells the court what he heard: "I could hear she was in trouble, it was clearly distress calls." He says he stood on the balcony listening for what felt like a few minutes. He added he also heard a lady scream for help, followed by a male voice shouting more than once, and possibly three times - "Help, help, help".

Pumza Fihlani BBC News, Pretoria tweets: Johnson phoned security to tell them "people were being attacked in the Silverwoods estate". It was the wrong number. #Pistorius
Last scream faded after last gunshot - Johnson #pistorius
Small pause after first shot, remaining shots were in close succession - Jonhson #Pistorius

Mr Johnson says the shots he heard prompted him to look into tighter security measures for his home. He says he was, at the time, convinced it was a housebreak.

Mr Johnson says he was told by a friend the next day that Mr Pistorius had shot his girlfriend. "I was surprised... It was difficult to relate this to what I had heard."

The witness says he felt "morally obliged" to speak to police about his version of events after it was reported that just one person was heard screaming. "We didn't want to get involved - we wanted to remain out of the public knowing what the interest would be worldwide in this case," he adds.

Mr Johnson tells the court he was not present while his wife made her police statement, nor was she present when he made his. They gave their statements to two police officers about a week after the incident.

The court session has finished for the day.

The trial will resume at 9:30 local time on Wednesday.

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Interested schrieb:Da nimmt der Roux die Zeugin auseinander, unterstellt ihr Sachen und sein eigener Klient ändert wie er lustig ist sein Affidavit :)

KlaraFall schrieb:Wie auch immer spielt das keine entscheidende Rolle, denn diese markerschütternden Schreie fanden VOR DEN SCHÜSSEN statt.
Und da war das Fenster des Bades offen, wie auch das Fenster bei Michell Burger.

Interested schrieb:Also die Tat an sich, sieht nach einer Affekttat aus, nichts was im Vorfeld geplant wurde, sich im Laufe des Abends, der Nacht - so ergab

CosmicQueen schrieb:a, die fürchterlichen Schreie waren laut Burger vor den Schüssen, das würde bedeuten, Reeva rennt in Todesangst in die Toilette, schließt sich ein, pinkelt in Ruhe und wird dann erschossen.