Gerry Nel News Today

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Small chance it may end today, but its more likely to continue into early next week, not necessarily much longer. again, as i said, in my professional opinion from yesterday, gerry nel still had a bit of ground that he needed to make up. in terms of not just putting his argument forward clearly, but actually getting pistorius to supply sufficient testimony that backs that argument up. and in a sense the longer pistorius is on the stand for nel, the better the position for him. a witness gets tir...

More quiet space which clearly he was successful at doing in the afternoon. >> it also helps us understand just how delicate, fragile, or unhinged pistorius must feel in the box with the prosecutor coming at him so aggressively. at one point the prosecutor questioned his version of events with the gun in the restaurant saying, yes, it was handed to me, yes, it went off, but i did not pull the trigger. nel said, well, why then -- we had this expert say its impossible for these gun to go off unles...

Now. >> you are still under oath, mr. pistorius. >> thank you, my lady. >> thank you. yes, mr. nel? >> mr. pistorius, my lady, i received a request, and thats why i have my cell phone in my hand. from mrs. steenkamp that after the adjournment yesterday, she informed me through her advocate that mr. pistorius did in fact request a meeting with the steenkamp family prior to the trial, but they were not ready for such a meeting. im putting that in the record. >> thank you very much. so its confirma...

Girlfriend. the south african was in tears again yesterday when the no-nonsense prosecutor came out swinging. abcs matt gutman is there. >> you killed reeva steenkamp, thats what you did. >> reporter: gerry nel knocking pistorius off balance and trying to discredit him. >> it will show that you are lying. >> reporter: then nell played this video. thats pistorius blasting away at watermelons. you can hear him laughing -- [ laughter ] >> reporter: and saying, "thats softer than brains." >> thats a...