03-08-2014, 02:07 PM
It's very good for the prosecution. Will be interesting to see how Roux addresses it on Monday's cross-examination of Baba.
Baba was adamant about what Pistorius told him on the phone minutes before he saw Pistorius carrying a bleeding Reeva down the stairs. Through the translator, Baba testified that Pistorius' exact words were: "Security, everything is fine."
It's possible that Roux will concede that Pistorius was trying to contain the situation and that since he'd already alerted Stander (presumably), there was no need for Pistorius to inform Baba of what went down. We'll see. That could backfire -- it doesn't look good for Pistorius to have been worrying about his own image as Reeva lay dying. So, maybe Roux will just continue to insist that Baba is mistaken or lying about what he was told by Pistorius instead.
Baba was adamant about what Pistorius told him on the phone minutes before he saw Pistorius carrying a bleeding Reeva down the stairs. Through the translator, Baba testified that Pistorius' exact words were: "Security, everything is fine."
It's possible that Roux will concede that Pistorius was trying to contain the situation and that since he'd already alerted Stander (presumably), there was no need for Pistorius to inform Baba of what went down. We'll see. That could backfire -- it doesn't look good for Pistorius to have been worrying about his own image as Reeva lay dying. So, maybe Roux will just continue to insist that Baba is mistaken or lying about what he was told by Pistorius instead.