Okay, on the subject if calls.
Have to say can't truly firm an opinion yet as it hasn't really been gone into, I am just relying on my memory so please do correct me if there are any glaring errors!
I thought at first it deeply strange that he didn't call the SA version of 999 to get police and ambulance but then I learned a little more about SA life and it seems that if you are wealthy enough to have contracts with private security you will always call them over the police as the police response us sat to slow, same to for medical care, you call the private company rather then state service.
But it's then things seem to he a little odd. He called Mr Stander the estate manager over the estate security. You could argue that this was due to having a friendship with him and due to his traveling and spending little time at home he was more familiar with Mr Stander however he clearly knew security's number as he called them first but then aborted the call, why? The best I can really come up with is that his mind was jumping all over the place, going from 'get help' to 'what have I done' to 'the press will have a field day' and any number of places in between. He called net care, I am not sure if this was before or after his call to Mr Stander and claims they told him to put her in a car as it would be faster, I don't find this information very odd as I am quite sure he did not convey to them the serious nature of her injuries. You could argue that this was not a purposeful dedication by OP as denial and panic about the reality of such serious injuries is quite common, he would have been overwhelmed by his senses trying to take everything in, he would likely have had hope. You could also argue in a much more sinister way that he vague about the severity of Reeva's injuries to try and make sure help didn't arrive too quickly while still making sure records would show him calling for help, it would then also give reason to move Reeva and in doing so disturb the scene. The later is very sinister and I feel unlikely, I don't believe that he had enough capacity at that time to make such a calculating choice. I don't think anybody thinks that once he knew it was Reeva in the toilet/the red must had lifted he was anything other then horrified and frightened.
What really unsettles me about the calls and behaviour in that first hour is two fold. First it is calling Mr Stander as his primary reaction, it just doesn't feel right to me which is why I am keen to hear his evidence, I am hoping he can shed some light on it for me, explain why that was, what type of relationship does he have with OP, what could Mr Stander do for OP in that moment that made his his first choice for help after clearly cycling through and on the whole discarding the normal routes for help. I can't condemn or judge OP's choice to call Mr Stander on an uneasy feeling so I hope that will become clearer.
The next part that makes me question what was going on in OP's head in that first hour is the number of calls he made to the number if different friends and family members. Something again just feels off in this. As much as I warn against judging OP's actions on what we think we would do or what most people would do I just can't help thinking how odd I find his calls. When I have been in the middle if a hell once I have made one call to somebody, told one person the terrible news I just can't face doing it again, I pick the person I call first in part so they can be my spokesperson, so they can make the difficult calls, spread the news and rally the troops. I simply can't imagine having it in me to call three or four people and tell them I had shot my girlfriend. But, that said, I am not OP and I can not judge his actions on what I think I would do. I am not sure there will be any further resolution to my unease over these calls though as OP's siblings and uncle have been in court all the way through so can't be on the witness list. I have a feeling I maybe a little frustrated when Mr Stander takes the stand as I don't think many of my questions will be answered, I guess that that first hour post Reeva's death isn't disputed when it comes to facts and there isn't much to be gained in looking closely at it.
Sorry, I think that might be a bit of a nonsensical ramble that adds little to the discussion, apologies.
It has reminded me though about something's I wanted to say about OP's father.
OP and his father have had a well documented rocky relationship with fairly long stretches of little contact all the way since childhood.
However, if OP's telling the truth in regards to the ammunition he had been in some sort of reasonable contact with his Father in the time before Reeva's death for him to have access to OPs home and safe (correct me if I'm wrong but didn't OP say he didn't know about the ammo as his father and I think brother had the safe combo and came and went without OP being there). His Father was at every day of the bail hearing and OP seemed to welcome him being there as did the rest of the family. That was until he made his racist comment to the press about the ANC and police doing nothing to protect white South Africans and at that point OP and the rest if the family distanced themselves quickly and totally from him, the way they did it and what they said about it at the time to me came across as them being worried about the effect the comments would have on the public opinion of OP and his reputation, the feeling I got was that they agreed with, or at least weren't disgusted with the comments privately but knew how damaging it would be to the Oscar brand and how important public opinion was going to be in regards to the death of Reeva. If the man wasn't a racist bigot I would have almost felt sorry for him the way he was dropped like a hot brick covered in dog shit.
So that left OP having said the ammo belonged to his Father back when his Father was standing with him, either willing to take the blame for him or it genuinely being his but then Daddy is out in the cold, it seems at that point he is either not willing to take the blame anymore or not willing to own up to it being his (although from what I understand it really doesn't matter, it was stored at OP's house, OP doesn't have a licence to have it, if his Father officially lived at the address and holds a licence to have the ammo then there would have been no crime however the fact was it was at a home that only has OP as the occupant, he holds no licence and ignorance is not a defence so I am really confused how OP can plead not guilty!) hence the fact he wouldn't give a statement claiming ownership.
I am surprised however that Nel didn't question OP more on this given he knows that OP and his father where in close contact a little over a year ago yet on the stand he claimed he had no relationship with his father for many years. Maybe Nel didn't push it as it's so obviously not quite the truth, it's just another series of events that show OP as being economical with the truth, self centred and unwilling to accept responsibility.
Even though the state has not yet proved beyond reasonable doubt that OP knew it was Reeva in the toilet all these things just keep adding up to make OP lose credibility. He can lie about these other things and pig headily refuses to accept even the smallest amount of responsibility for anything in his life. You have to give so much benefit of doubt and believe that OP gas been the most unfortunate man alive, you have to believe that the stars lined up to make every police error and price if sloppy work a gift to the prosecution and only when you have all this can his version become at all credible.
I don't know how it works within the law but if I were the judge right at this moment I think I would be wondering if I could rely on a single thing OP says, and if I can't trust his word at all I have to use occam's razor and when I weigh up the probabilities, well I would have to say he knew it was Reeva. I don't think the judge can do that though, probably a good thing. I do not envy her position.
I am so sorry for the too long, too rambling, too unclear and too full of typos, mistakes and auto corrects post. I will try and order my thoughts better before trying to post from now on!