07-01-2014, 09:00 PM
ACOUSTICS EXPERT TESTIFIES ABOUT SCREAMS
Ivan Lin testified about sounds on the night of killing.
Some neighbors have described hearing a woman's screams between shots the night Steenkamp died, which the prosecution suggests was the argument that led to her death.
But the defense has argued that Pistorius sounds "like a woman screaming" when he's anxious, and says it was his screams that ear-witnesses heard.
On the stand for the defense Monday, Lin said "typically" one can differentiate between male and female screams, but not without exception.
Nel pressed him on the point but made little headway on Tuesday.
The prosecutor did get Lin to concede that state witnesses could have heard screaming from the Pistorius house on the night of the killing from their homes up to 177 meters (580 feet) away.
ON THE STAND TOMORROW
Tomorrow, Nel will cross-examine Pistorius's agent, Van Zyl.
Today the agent described Pistorius as "hypervigilant" and "always fidgety," saying Pistorius once grabbed his arm when they heard a bang on a street in New York, and liked to sit where he could see the exits when they went to restaurants.
But he denied that the athlete was prone to outbursts of anger and testified that Pistorius was in a loving and caring relationship with Steenkamp.
Van Zyl had lost his temper more often than Pistorius during the years they worked together, he said.
Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2014/07/01/world/...?hpt=hp_t3
Ivan Lin testified about sounds on the night of killing.
Some neighbors have described hearing a woman's screams between shots the night Steenkamp died, which the prosecution suggests was the argument that led to her death.
But the defense has argued that Pistorius sounds "like a woman screaming" when he's anxious, and says it was his screams that ear-witnesses heard.
On the stand for the defense Monday, Lin said "typically" one can differentiate between male and female screams, but not without exception.
Nel pressed him on the point but made little headway on Tuesday.
The prosecutor did get Lin to concede that state witnesses could have heard screaming from the Pistorius house on the night of the killing from their homes up to 177 meters (580 feet) away.
ON THE STAND TOMORROW
Tomorrow, Nel will cross-examine Pistorius's agent, Van Zyl.
Today the agent described Pistorius as "hypervigilant" and "always fidgety," saying Pistorius once grabbed his arm when they heard a bang on a street in New York, and liked to sit where he could see the exits when they went to restaurants.
But he denied that the athlete was prone to outbursts of anger and testified that Pistorius was in a loving and caring relationship with Steenkamp.
Van Zyl had lost his temper more often than Pistorius during the years they worked together, he said.
Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2014/07/01/world/...?hpt=hp_t3