Trial break for document reading – Oscar Trial
Oscar Pistorius's defence lawyer and the pathologist being cross-examined about Reeva Steenkamp's fatal injuries sat at opposite ends of the High Court in Pretoria speed reading academic literature during a snap adjournment on Tuesday.
Double amputee Paralympian Oscar Pistorius in conversation with his legal team on the second day of his murder trial in the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria, South Africa, Tuesday, 4 March 2014. Pistorius is accused of the murder of Reeva Steenkamp on Feb 14 2013. Picture: Antoine de Ras – Pool
Professor Gert Saayman had to hand over literature he mentioned when asked who his references were, when being cross-examined by Barry Roux on the post mortem conducted on Steenkamp’s body.
Roux in turn had given him an article to read.
Saayman was given another set of documents by Roux’s legal support team.
Pistorius himself sat quietly in the dock, waiting, until Judge Thokozile Masipa returned with her assessors.
Pistorius has pleaded not guilty to the murder of his girlfriend Steenkamp at his home in Pretoria on February 14, 2013.
He is also charged with illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition, and two counts of discharging a firearm in public.
– Sapa
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