Media set up ahead of Oscar trial
Media began setting up inside courtroom GD of the High Court in Pretoria for the third day of paralympian Oscar Pistorius's murder trial on Wednesday.
FILE PHOTO: Journalists work during a break in proceedings in the murder trial of South African Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius at the High Court in Pretoria. Picture: Kim Ludbrook/Pool
Cables, power plugs, laptops and other items were switched on before the trial’s live television broadcast due to start at 9.30am.
Outside court two men were handing out free bottled water and energy drinks to police and journalists.
“We came because it seems all of you are here,” one of them said.
Pistorius, 27, is accused of murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on February 14 last year. Pistorius claims he mistook her for a burglar.
On Tuesday, the second day of trial, two witnesses took the stand, including IT designer Charl Johnson.
He testified that he and his wife Michelle Burger were woken up by piercing cries, followed by gunshots in the early hours of Valentine’s Day last year.
Johnson’s testimony confirmed in detail what Burger had told the court on Monday.
Johnson is expected back on the witness stand at 9.30am on Wednesday.
– Sapa
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