the bathroom. she wanted to take a moment to either text or call cnn and explain what was going on. and an officer followed her standing there in front of the toilet door waiting for her to get out, to ask her afterwards to erase everything that she has written or videotaped. we videotaped part of this episode. but fortunately, finally, they went with a metal kind of knife through the heel of the shoe and they cut it and they say, well, we know who you are. they asked me my name, are you a journalist? yes, you are patricia we know you are not a drug dealer, but i m doing my job. so put your shoe here are your shoes and go to the plane and thank you so much. but it was a very uncomfortable moment and i just wanted to add,
how strong is this case against oscar pistorius. do be folks think he ll get off or is the case strong against him? reporter: prosecution believes they got a very good case. the defense team believe they got a very good case. certainly all shades of what oscar pistorius may or may not be found guilty of. clearly the top one is murder and then the state is going to even possibly put forward their points as they outline the case that it was premeditated murder. premeditation is only needed for a couple of minutes when she ran into that toilet door. the defense will paint a man who very early on has managed to survive without his legs, he was on his. stump feeling vulnerable in south africa where crime is very high and that is why he ran in
early morning, oscar pistorius was armed. he says in his affidavit he believed reeva was in bed and an intruder was in the bathroom. i fired shots at the toilet door and shouted to reeva to phone the police. she did not respond. when i reached the bed, i realized that reeva was not in bed. that s when pistorius says it dawned on him that it could have been reva on the toilet. i put on my prosthetic legs, ran to the bathroom and tried to kick the toilet door open. i went to the bedroom and grabbed my cricket bat to bash open the toilet door. when he finally got the door open, he said he saw reeva slumped over but alive. the bullets had hit her in the
inside, head down, pistorius was surrounded by the world s media. pistorius was ready to submit an affidavit that would explain his side of the story. his description of events made international headlines. but also laid out the case that his lawyers will now take to trial. legal analyst kelly phelps explains. if he was telling the truth and the forensic evidence that gets gathered supports his version of events, it will actually build a lot of strength and momentum behind the defense case because they will be able to show that he has unwaveringly stuck to the same version of events from the bail hearing throughout the entire duration of the trial. but will forensic evidence corroborate or undercut oscar s version of events? for example, could examination of the toilet door provide a clue as to whether or not pistorius was, or as he tells it, wasn t wearing his prosthetic legs.
early morning, oscar pistorius was armed. he says in his affidavit he believed reeva was in bed and an intruder was in the bathroom. i fired shots at the toilet door and shouted to reeva to phone the police. she did not respond. when i reached the bed, i realized that reeva was not in bed. that s when pistorius says it dawned on him that it could have been reeva on the toilet. i put on my prosthetic legs, ran to the bathroom and tried to kick the toilet door open. i went to the bedroom and grabbed my cricket bat to bash open the toilet door. when he finally got the door open, he said he saw reeva slumped over but alive. the bullets had hit her in the