Pistorius kicked off his evidence with an emotional apology to Steenkamp’s parents, her family and friends on Monday.
#OscarTrial adjourns for the day after Roux tells court Oscar’s shirt is soaking wet, can’t responsibly ask for trial to continue. – ^ID
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#OscarTrial. Oscar has calmed down. He is back in the stand. – ^ID
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#OscarTrial. Reeva’s mother June clearly unmoved by Oscar’s raw sobs. She even smiles as she talks to family, friends. – ^ID
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#OscarTrial. Court adjourns as Oscar starts sobbing, howling. His sister, also crying, consoles him. Reeva”s mom looks at him impassively.
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Lunch. Back in 45min. Apologies. My twitter is down. #OscarTrial – ^CV
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To catch up. OP said he screamed at “burglar” to get out and heard toiletdoor slam. #OscarTrial – ^CV
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#OscarTrial adjourns for lunch before Oscar gets to the shooting. His sister Aimee, Reeva’s mom both cried during his evidence. – ^ID
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#OscarTrial, Oscar gives emotional evidence about his fear that there was an intruder in his house. Said he wanted to protect Reeva. – ^ID
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Apologies twitter is slow. #OscarTrial – ^CV
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OP: I ran with my hands out in front of me and made my way along side my bed and grabbed firearms from under my bed.Couldnt see #OscarTrial
— The_Citizen_Reporter (@CitiReporter) April 8, 2014
OP: I wanted to arm myself and protect myself and Reeva. #OscarTrial – ^CV
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OP: I just froze at first… I thought immediately the person could be here any moment because there is no door between us #OscarTrial – ^CV
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Roux: what did you think? OP: That is the moment everything changed. I thought it was a burglar in the house #OscarTrial – ^CV
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OP says he could hear window hit frame as it is slid open. #OscarTrial – ^CV
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OP: It is at this stage that I heard a window open in the bathroom. #OscarTrial – ^CV
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OP: Only light was a small LED light on amplifier. “Could see Reeva’s jeans on ground. Pick them up and put over light” #OscarTrial – ^CV
— The_Citizen_Reporter (@CitiReporter) April 8, 2014
OP is quiet as he struggles to continue #OscarTrial – ^CV
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OP: Woke up and saw fans are still running. Reeva said”can’t you sleep my baba”. Got up, got fans, locked doors, closed curtains #OscarTrial
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OP fidgets as Roux asks about what happened that fateful night. OP has a white exercise top on. OP crying #OscarTrial – ^CV
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OP fidgets as Roux asks about what happened that fateful night. OP has a white exercise top on. OP crying #OscarTrial – ^CV
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Oscar stands next to door without his legs. Seems emotionless. His head is just higher than the door handle. #OscarTrial – ^CV
— The_Citizen_Reporter (@CitiReporter) April 8, 2014
#OscarTrial. It seems Oscar will be asked to demonstrate what he did that day. – ^ID
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Roux: Mr pistorius wil you please stand up and walk to the door….now pls take your prosthesis off #OscarTrial – ^CV
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#OscarTrial. Oscar now in white long sleeved T-shirt. – ^ID
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#OscarTrial might get to see Oscar’s height without his prosthetic legs on. – ^ID
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#OscarTrial adjourns “to get the proper clothing on” “to explain the situation with Oscar’s legs”, according to Roux. – ^ID
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#OscarTrial. Oscar bought Reeva a bracelet for Valentine’s Day. Only opened her gift – framed photos of them – on 8 Aug last year. – ^ID
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#OscarTrial. Oscar tells court he and Reeva lay chatting on bed before he went to bed on 13 Feb. Never made “big thing” of Valentines Day. –
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Only a 5min adjournment. #OscarTrial – ^CV
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Sounds like Roux will ask OP to take off his prosthetics after a short break in court proceedings. #OscarTrial – ^CV
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OP: I only opened it after her death on her birthday. It was four photos of us. OP emotional… #OscarTrial – ^CV
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OP: “I bought Reeva a bracelet by her favourite designer earlier the year and we intended to visit the same jewellery store ” #OscarTrial –
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OP said he put his firearm under the bed on the left hand side. #OscarTrial – ^CV
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Oscar: I slept on left side of bed cos of right shoulder injury. #OscarTrial – ^CV
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OP: went to brush his teeth without legs on. #OscarTrial – ^CV
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Oscar says Reeva kissed him in between stretches. #OscarTrial – ^CV
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OP : I was talking to my cousin and Reeva got out of bed and did some stretches and yoga. We chatted for half an hour #OscarTrial – ^CV
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OP took off his legs to let them breathe and put them as close to the door as he could next to the bed. #OscarTrial – ^CV
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OP says his alarm is not working properly. “There were problems with the alarm.” #OscarTrial – ^CV
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OP: I put the cricket bat close to the door because the lock mechanism isn’t very strong. #OscarTrial – ^CV
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OP: She came in to the room and I locked the bedroom door – like I do every night. #OscarTrial – ^CV
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OP: I put the cricket bat close to the door because the lock mechanism isn’t very strong. #OscarTrial – ^CV
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OP: She came in to the room and I locked the bedroom door – like I do every night. #OscarTrial – ^CV
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OP says curtains have black out material. “If the curtains are drawn you can’t see anything….during daytime its completely dark” #OscarTrial
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OP: I placed one fan halfway on balcony, halfway out #OscarTrial “I drew the blinds and curtains so no bugs could come in” #OscarTrial – ^CV
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OP: we went to bed. I opened sliding doors as my aircon is not working. #OscarTrial – ^CV
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Roux giving OP time to compose himself. Oscar moving in his chair. #OscarTrial – ^CV
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OP: Usually we would watch tv downstairs but we both had a taxing day. Can’t remember whether she made coffee or tea #OscarTrial – ^CV
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OP: “We ate dinner shortly after seven”. Roux says OP wasn’t on iPad from 7:10 until 8:00 Roux: Was that when you ate? OP: Yes #OscarTrial –
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Roux asking about OP’s iPad. “I will come back to what you surfed and didn’t surf on the web” #OscarTrial – ^CV
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#OscarTrial. Oscar tells of an ordinary evening the night before Reeva’s death. She cooked dinner for him. – ^ID
— The_Citizen_Reporter (@CitiReporter) April 8, 2014
#OscarTrial. Oscar tells of an ordinary evening the night before Reeva’s death. She cooked dinner for him. – ^ID
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Oscar is calm and composed as he talks about the night before he shot Reeva. #OscarTrial – ^CV
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OP: “I arrived home and she was cooking dinner. Chatted and I went for shower.” #OscarTrial – ^CV
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OP says they discussed whether she would stay another night. “Reeva asked whether I’d like her to cook dinner” #OscarTrial – ^CV
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OP says day before Reeva was shot she slept over at his place. He drove to Joburg to have coffee with a friend #OscarTrial – ^CV
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OP said Fresco apologised again and again to Oscar. OP says Fresco suggested that he take the wrap for the incident. #OscarTrial – ^CV
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Loupis (Tasha owner) previously said Oscar did not admit it was him. #OscarTrial – ^CV
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OP: I said sorry and “It was my fault” to Tasha’s owner. “I was very relieved no one got hurt”. #OscarTrial – ^CV
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OP said he didn’t know the gun was loaded and was angry at Fresco that his gun was not safe. “I said he’d take the blame” #OscarTrial – ^CV
— The_Citizen_Reporter (@CitiReporter) April 8, 2014
OP: “I was angry that Fresco handed me a firearm that was not safe. Said ‘take your firearm back'” I think both of us were wrong #OscarTrial
— The_Citizen_Reporter (@CitiReporter) April 8, 2014
OP: Wanted to make sure that the firearm was safe. It just went off #OscarTrial – ^CV
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OP: Fresco’s firearm was a lot smaller than mine. I asked him to pass it. Wanted to see it. #OscarTrial – ^CV
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Moving over to other firearm incident in Tasha’s restaurant. #OscarTrial – ^CV
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OP says it never happened. he never discharged a firearm during an open sunroof. #OscarTrial – ^CV
— The_Citizen_Reporter (@CitiReporter) April 8, 2014
OP admits he was angry at policeman for handling his firearm. “I was agitated….wanted to find the casting”. #OscarTrial – ^CV
— The_Citizen_Reporter (@CitiReporter) April 8, 2014
OP said the police helped look for casted out bullet. #OscarTrial – ^CV
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OP says he put his gun down on the car seat before getting out as he didn’t want to approach the officers with the firearm. #OscarTrial – ^C
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OP:”I turned around, police officer opened the door and was handling my fire arm. Police man was aggressive, took out magazine” #OscarTrial
— The_Citizen_Reporter (@CitiReporter) April 8, 2014
OP: “Police were agitated cos of speed Fresco was driving. I left the fire arm on the seat as I got out.” #OscarTrial – ^CV
— The_Citizen_Reporter (@CitiReporter) April 8, 2014
OP says they were pulled over by metro. Fresco got out of car. “There were couple of police officers” #OscarTrial – ^CV
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“Mr Fresco was driving on the way back. I sat on the passenger side…Samantha sat behind Fresco #OscarTrial – ^CV
— The_Citizen_Reporter (@CitiReporter) April 8, 2014
OP going through his version of events. #OscarTrial – ^CV
— The_Citizen_Reporter (@CitiReporter) April 8, 2014
Roux moves over to the incident where Pistorius fired a shot through a car sun roof. #OscarTrial – ^CV
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And we’re back after tea. #OscarTrial – ^CV
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#OscarTrial. Roux very skillfully setting the scene of a loving relationship between Oscar, Reeva. – ^ID
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#OscarTrial. A tea break from all the messages between Oscar, Reeva. We’re almost at D-day. – ^ID
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#OscarTrial. Oscar becomes tearful when he deals with loving, supportive messages Reeva sent him on 11 February, 3 days before death. – ^ID
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#OscarTrial. Roux going through “booby, baba” loving messages between Oscar, Pistorius day by day from mid-January. – ^ID
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#OscarTrial. Oscar didn’t want Reeva to drive alone at night, felt it was unsafe. – ^ID
— The_Citizen_Reporter (@CitiReporter) April 8, 2014
#OscarTrial. Oscar dealing with many, many loving messages he, Reeva exchanged. – ^ID
— The_Citizen_Reporter (@CitiReporter) April 8, 2014
#OscarTrial. Oscar says Reeva was stressed about her diet, he reassured her. – ^ID
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#OscarTrial Reeva msg: “It’s okay to argue about the things we argue about, at least its not fundamental values”
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#OscarTrial. Oscar setting the scene for how much he and Reeva loved, supported each other. – ^ID
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#OscarTrial OP reading a msg from Reeva: “Dating you comes with sick people trying to fill my head with doubts”
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#OscarTrial. Oscar says it was difficult for Reeva to deal with the negative publicity surrounding dating him. – ^ID
— The_Citizen_Reporter (@CitiReporter) April 8, 2014
#OscarTrial. Oscar says he and Reeva were planning a future together, resolved the few differences they had. – ^ID
— The_Citizen_Reporter (@CitiReporter) April 8, 2014
#OscarTrial OP says Reeva believed Samantha Taylor was behind the twitter attack on her, found the negative attention difficult
— The_Citizen_Reporter (@CitiReporter) April 8, 2014
#OscarTrial OP says after Reeva and he first made a public appearance together, she was attacked on twitter by multiple accounts
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#OscarTrial OP talks about Samantha Taylor, claims she admitted to cheating on him when he was at the Olympics
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#OscarTrial OP says Reeva was stressed because she received hate mail because she was dating him.
— The_Citizen_Reporter (@CitiReporter) April 8, 2014
#OscarTrial Reeva’s mom, June Steenkamp, listens as Oscar describes his relationship with Reeva pic.twitter.com/IszY6yUtuk
— The_Citizen_Reporter (@CitiReporter) April 8, 2014
#OscarTrial OP explains how Reeva offered to help with his houses, building contractors etc…
— The_Citizen_Reporter (@CitiReporter) April 8, 2014
OP explains a message where he talks about being ‘under pressure’ – from media, finances, training staff etc #OscarTrial
— The_Citizen_Reporter (@CitiReporter) April 8, 2014
#OscarTrial Msg from Reeva in January: “This is going to be a good year”
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OP reads a msg to Reeva warning her not to go running alone because “its not safe” – says the area she lived in wasn’t safe. #OscarTrial
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OP reads a msg to Reeva warning her not to go running alone because “its not safe” – says the area she lived in wasn’t safe. #OscarTrial
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Oscar reads a Whatsapp message from Reeva: “You are a very special person who deserves to be looked after.” #OscarTrial
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OP discussing his Whatsapp messages with Reeva – Roux will ‘only read a few into the record’ #OscarTrial
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OP testifying about his relationship with Reeva #OscarTrial
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