03-06-2014, 11:12 AM
DAY 4 (cont'd) - WITNESS/DOCTOR TESTIFIES
Johan Stipp, a radiologist and another neighbor at Silverwood estates said he was woken by three loud bangs. He got up out of bed and looked out of his balcony. He saw the light on (HOTD: this is very bad for Pistorius; Pistorius claims there were no lights on in the house when he assumed an intruder was in the toilet and that he didn't dare turn any on).
Stipp then heard screaming, what shouted like a woman screaming three or four times. He then phoned security. He thinks he heard shots and then screams.
Mr Stipp said: "I went inside bedroom and called Silverwood Security, then tried 1011 - that seemed to be out of order, while I was thinking what number to dial next, I then heard three more bangs. I told them what I heard and I said 'please send someone'." I then heard a man's voice shouting 'help, help, help'.
He drove car to Pistorius' house. There was a woman standing in the door. Dr. Stipp offered to help and he was shown a woman lying on her back on the floor. "As I approached her he (Pistorius)had left hand on right groin and right hand had fingers in her mouth. The first thing he said was 'I shot her, I thought she was a burglar and I shot her".
She had a gunshot wound on her upper arm and thigh. He talks rather graphically about brain tissue being mixed with hair. Pistorius was crying, saying he'd dedicate his life to God if she would only live. He said he knew quite quickly he could not revive her. He had his head in hands and was distressed.
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Pistorius during Stipp's account of assessing Reeva after the shooting
Cross-Examination by Roux
Roux trying again to tell the witness that what they heard was Pistorius breaking down the door with a cricket bat, not gun shots. Stipp used to be in the military and says he is very familiar to the sound of a gun shot.
Roux: "All three specialists I consulted said that that person, after the shots, would not have been able to scream." Stipp agrees.
Nel for the prosecution says Reeva's screams came before the fatal shots at 3.17. He agrees after the last shot she would not have been able to scream and she would have been dead.
Roux saying the male and female voices Dr Stipp heard were only male, and belonged to Pistorius. According to him there were no shouts from Reeva.
Stipp confirms he's sure he heard male and female voices that night "intermingled" (HOTD: another big blow for the prosecution).
Dr Stipp: "he definitely wanted her to live. He looked sincere to me, he was crying, there were tears on his face. He was actively trying to assist her, with one hand on the groin wound and another trying to help her to breathe."
Johan Stipp, a radiologist and another neighbor at Silverwood estates said he was woken by three loud bangs. He got up out of bed and looked out of his balcony. He saw the light on (HOTD: this is very bad for Pistorius; Pistorius claims there were no lights on in the house when he assumed an intruder was in the toilet and that he didn't dare turn any on).
Stipp then heard screaming, what shouted like a woman screaming three or four times. He then phoned security. He thinks he heard shots and then screams.
Mr Stipp said: "I went inside bedroom and called Silverwood Security, then tried 1011 - that seemed to be out of order, while I was thinking what number to dial next, I then heard three more bangs. I told them what I heard and I said 'please send someone'." I then heard a man's voice shouting 'help, help, help'.
He drove car to Pistorius' house. There was a woman standing in the door. Dr. Stipp offered to help and he was shown a woman lying on her back on the floor. "As I approached her he (Pistorius)had left hand on right groin and right hand had fingers in her mouth. The first thing he said was 'I shot her, I thought she was a burglar and I shot her".
She had a gunshot wound on her upper arm and thigh. He talks rather graphically about brain tissue being mixed with hair. Pistorius was crying, saying he'd dedicate his life to God if she would only live. He said he knew quite quickly he could not revive her. He had his head in hands and was distressed.
Pistorius during Stipp's account of assessing Reeva after the shooting
Cross-Examination by Roux
Roux trying again to tell the witness that what they heard was Pistorius breaking down the door with a cricket bat, not gun shots. Stipp used to be in the military and says he is very familiar to the sound of a gun shot.
Roux: "All three specialists I consulted said that that person, after the shots, would not have been able to scream." Stipp agrees.
Nel for the prosecution says Reeva's screams came before the fatal shots at 3.17. He agrees after the last shot she would not have been able to scream and she would have been dead.
Roux saying the male and female voices Dr Stipp heard were only male, and belonged to Pistorius. According to him there were no shouts from Reeva.
Stipp confirms he's sure he heard male and female voices that night "intermingled" (HOTD: another big blow for the prosecution).
Dr Stipp: "he definitely wanted her to live. He looked sincere to me, he was crying, there were tears on his face. He was actively trying to assist her, with one hand on the groin wound and another trying to help her to breathe."