Oscar Pistorius trial part 2

[JillJ72]

To continue from previous thread

""so even at night and at home, OP covered his prosthetic legs""

All I think it means is that he saw the legs as just another item of clothing to put on. After all, they are not body parts. they are attachments.

I feel like today is going nowhere

I think it's a really interesting part of the questioning at the moment. It's what we've all been saying. Why didn't he check Reeva was there/ok before he rushed towards the danger with the safety catch off his gun.

Does anyone know if I can listen to the trial live on radio? About to go on a 2 hour car journey. Thanks

I think nel is doing a good job

For me, this part is (again) proving negligence, not murder

I think nel is trying to prove that he armed himself the when looking for confrontation = murder

I don't know why, but today I just feel really differently about it... I think it was probably a mistake. I think he was just grossly negligent

diagram of the room where you can see the bedroom door is nearer than the bathroom

I think, looking at the diagram, I don't know why he went into the bathroom, round the corner if he thought there was danger. It seems like a very stupid thing to do. Would have made sense to wait at the end of the passage with the gun, shouting a warning that you would shoot if they rounded the corner

Op has just said that he went to the bathroom to confront the intruders. That's his personality.

He says he heard the door either slam close or kick the door closed, I find that odd that Reeva would close a door with such force.

Therefore if he went towards the bathroom, gun in hand, safety mechanism off he was ready to shoot/wanted to shoot. If protection of Reeva was the motivation, would have gone out of the bedroom to get away from danger. The prime motivation was not safety of Reeva.

I do get that he went towards trouble with a gun, I get that, I think that can be a natural reaction, but I cannot get shooting four times at a closed door, I cant get that at all.

But it's strange, that he's vulnerable on his stumps, that he would go towards the danger - rounding a corner. He cannot see what danger is around that corner. Gun or no gun, if he's on his stumps and someone is around that corner, he's entering grave danger. I just don't understand why he did that.

He nows the toilets small, he must have known the damage that shooting four times would do.

Avoiding the answer there

It does seem odd that he was so careful going down the passge and taking his time to see there was no one there, and then shooting willfully at a door, that doesnt add up.

if he had run madly down the corridor, yes, but cautious then madly? He was considered in his initial approach.

Didn't op earlier say that he struggled to walk on tiles on his stumps?

Yes

When he was shouting to Reeva, you would think one of the words he would have used was toilet?

I find it hard to understand why she didn't respond when he screamed at the door, or did he not give her time?

But he went to confronted the intruder on his stumps?

Close family friend of Reeva shaking her head at OP's assertion that Reeva wouldn't have made a noise

Why doesnt he ask what he shouted?