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Pistorius grilled further in cross-examination

Friday, April 11 2014 by SNTV
  • Intro:

    Gerrie Nel, chief prosecutor in the murder trial of Oscar Pistorius, accused the Olympic athlete of egotistical behaviour in his relationship with Reeva Steenkamp - before he killed her.

    Script:

    SOUNDBITE: (English) Gerrie Nel, Prosecutor:

    "'She knew, why did she not run'. Is that what you meant? That's what she is trying to say and you agree. 'I had to go to training, I had to go to lunch'. It's about you."

    SOUNDBITE: (English) Gerrie Nel, Prosecutor:

    "But, I'm putting it to you. You are not willing to concede anything. Oscar Pistorius will not take responsibility or concede anything. That's what you're doing to your own evidence."

    UPSOUND: (English) Oscar Pistorius (not in vision):

    "Is that a question my lady?"

    Nel:

    "Yes, it's a question, are you?"

    Pistorius:

    "No my lady, I have conceded on several occasions. I cannot agree with a statement that's put to me if I don't have a recollection of that event."

    SOUNDBITE: (English) Gerrie Nel, Prosecutor:

    "Who told you?"

    UPSOUND: (English) Oscar Pistorius (not in vision):

    "I don't recall my lady."

    UPSOUND: laughter

    Nel:

    "(laughter) No, no, I apologise my lady for laughing, I won't do it again. But I was surprised by the answer. I apologise, I really do."

    SOUNDBITE: (English) Thokozile Masipa, Judge:

    "I hope it doesn't happen again."

    Pistorius:

    "I've said time and time again what I perceived and what I thought. I don't understand. It was put to me yesterday that it was by accident and now it's put to me it wasn't by accident. I don't understand my lady. I'm saying that I didn't intend to shoot, my firearm was pointed at the door, because that's where I believed that somebody was. When I heard a noise I didn't have time to think and I fired my weapon. It was an accident."

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