03-03-2014, 08:14 AM
Live Link Updated
http://www.wildabouttrial.com/one_off/os...ve-stream/
Some faces of witnesses will not be shown - but there is audio (with an Afrikaans translation behind it).
Messy start. Judge was late. Translator didn't know she would be working on Pistorius case and left crying.
PLEADING:
Pistorius pleaded not guilty to all charges.
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DEFENDANT OPENING STATEMENT:
Roux read opening the statement from Pistorius; declaring Pistorius devastated by tragic accident. Pistorius claims original lead detective, Botha, was prejudiced against him and lied about him fighting with Reeva, plus allowed evidence to be tainted at the scene.
FIRST WITNESS - NEIGHBOR HEARD SCREAMS:
Michelle Burger is a neighbor who reported hearing a woman's blood curdling screams followed by four gun shots. She is a university lecturer who knew Pistorius lived in the complex, but didn't know him personally.
She says she was traumatized by the petrified screams she heard that night. She is trying to avoid answering about her husband's account (he will testify later), but Roux is dogging her about the fact that her husband's witness statement reflects that he heard 4, 5 or 6 shots.
Roux is an effin' pitbull. Very very aggressive defense attorney. He's cross-examining her now.
Live Twitter from the court (read from bottom up for sequential account):
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnew...-live.html
http://www.wildabouttrial.com/one_off/os...ve-stream/
Some faces of witnesses will not be shown - but there is audio (with an Afrikaans translation behind it).
Messy start. Judge was late. Translator didn't know she would be working on Pistorius case and left crying.
PLEADING:
Pistorius pleaded not guilty to all charges.
DEFENDANT OPENING STATEMENT:
Roux read opening the statement from Pistorius; declaring Pistorius devastated by tragic accident. Pistorius claims original lead detective, Botha, was prejudiced against him and lied about him fighting with Reeva, plus allowed evidence to be tainted at the scene.
FIRST WITNESS - NEIGHBOR HEARD SCREAMS:
Michelle Burger is a neighbor who reported hearing a woman's blood curdling screams followed by four gun shots. She is a university lecturer who knew Pistorius lived in the complex, but didn't know him personally.
She says she was traumatized by the petrified screams she heard that night. She is trying to avoid answering about her husband's account (he will testify later), but Roux is dogging her about the fact that her husband's witness statement reflects that he heard 4, 5 or 6 shots.
Roux is an effin' pitbull. Very very aggressive defense attorney. He's cross-examining her now.
Live Twitter from the court (read from bottom up for sequential account):
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnew...-live.html