03-10-2014, 06:15 PM
Day 6 -- 10 March 2014 (continued)
State Pathologist Dr. Saayman Testifies re: Autopsy Results
As Duchess and Js noted, court moved slowly today due to a whole lotta retching from Pistorius -- stopping the court throughout the day. Real or fake? I don't know or care. Either way, what's making him vomit is what HE did to Reeva. She's the victim, not Pistorius.
Anyway, this very critical expert testimony could only be summarized by reporters due to its graphic nature and out of respect for Reeva and her loved ones. Conferences on what the media could and couldn't show contributed to a slow-moving day of testimony. The judge made the ruling in court that the pathologist's testimony was banned from live stream, Twitter, and blogging reports at the detailed level; the judge eventually ruled that only a summary account could be reported (though some media attempted to make a case for showing it all -- they were eventually denied).
So, between retching episodes, huddles and hand-holding with his family members and all kinds of attention paid to the killer, we learned from Pathologist Saayman the gist of what the victim, Reeva Steenkamp, suffered.
Saayman testified that Reeva ate at approximately 1:00 a.m. and died at 3:00 a.m. (HOTD: Pistorius claims the couple were asleep by 10:00 p.m.).
He said that Reeva was hit in the hip, the thigh and the head. The ammunition with which she was shot was designed to kill, not to wound. She was struck with Black Talon bullets that explode inside the target. Here's what they look like before impact and after.
![[Image: BiXeYNBCcAEyuFP.jpg]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BiXeYNBCcAEyuFP.jpg)
Fuck.
Court was adjourned and Pathologist Saayman will be cross-examined by Roux tomorrow.
State Pathologist Dr. Saayman Testifies re: Autopsy Results
As Duchess and Js noted, court moved slowly today due to a whole lotta retching from Pistorius -- stopping the court throughout the day. Real or fake? I don't know or care. Either way, what's making him vomit is what HE did to Reeva. She's the victim, not Pistorius.
Anyway, this very critical expert testimony could only be summarized by reporters due to its graphic nature and out of respect for Reeva and her loved ones. Conferences on what the media could and couldn't show contributed to a slow-moving day of testimony. The judge made the ruling in court that the pathologist's testimony was banned from live stream, Twitter, and blogging reports at the detailed level; the judge eventually ruled that only a summary account could be reported (though some media attempted to make a case for showing it all -- they were eventually denied).
So, between retching episodes, huddles and hand-holding with his family members and all kinds of attention paid to the killer, we learned from Pathologist Saayman the gist of what the victim, Reeva Steenkamp, suffered.
Saayman testified that Reeva ate at approximately 1:00 a.m. and died at 3:00 a.m. (HOTD: Pistorius claims the couple were asleep by 10:00 p.m.).
He said that Reeva was hit in the hip, the thigh and the head. The ammunition with which she was shot was designed to kill, not to wound. She was struck with Black Talon bullets that explode inside the target. Here's what they look like before impact and after.
Fuck.
Court was adjourned and Pathologist Saayman will be cross-examined by Roux tomorrow.