pistorius was ready to submit an affidavit that would explain his side of the story. his description of events made international headlines. and also laid out the case that his lawyers will now take to trial. he explains. if he was telling the truth and the forensic evidence that they ve gathered supports his version of events, it would have a lot of strength behind the defense case because they ll be able to show that he has unwaiveringly stuck to the same version of events all the way from the bail hearing throughout the entire duration of the trial. but will forensic evidence corroborate? for example, could examination of a toilet door provide a clue as to whether or not pistorius was or wasn t wearing his prosthetic legs?
let s make medicare stronger for all of us. try capzasin-hp. it penetrates deep to block pain signals for hours of relief. capzasin-hp. take the pain out of arthritis. 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
early morning, oscar pistorius was armed. he believed reeva was in the bed and an intruder was in the bathroom. i fired shots and shouted to reeva to phone police. she did not respond. when i reached the bed, i realized that reeva was not in bed. that s when it dawned on him that it could have been reeva on the toilet. i put on my prosthetic legs, ran back to the bathroom and tried to get the toilet door open. i went back into the bedroom and grabbed my cricket bat to bash open the toilet door. the bullets had hit her in
statement did go on to say that oscar is trying to sell that home in pretoria and some race horses to cover the trial expenses. and as for the case itself, to people who may not have followed this, it s an extraordinary position for him to be in, claiming he was awoken in the middle of the night, that his girlfriend was spending the night, and somehow he got up from the bed, heard some sort of noise, grabbed the gun, and shot what he thought was a burglar through the door of a bathroom, only realizing after the shooting that he d, in fact, shot his girlfriend, reeva steenkamp who, i guess he said, he didn t even check the bed for. yeah, the bed he got out of, by the way. yes. and i must tell you, south africans are really struggling to believe this truly beloved sports star of their country. even given the level of the crime in south africa, he lived in an extremely secure community, electrified fences all around it, dogs. and we re talking about shooting through a toilet door. not
in an extremely secure community, electrified fences all around it, dogs. and we re talking about shooting through a toilet door. not just the bathroom door, but an interior door to just the toilet, without knowing who s behind it. when i was in south africa, i talked to the president of the south african sports shooting club about this, and he says, really, there s just two options here. either oscar pistorius is the most irresponsible gun owner in south africa, or he is, as the prosecutors allege, guilty of premeditated murder. he knows not what s behind that closed door. that doesn t sound like what you would advocate as responsible gun ownership. sir,time going to be very honest and very frank with you, but at the shooting association, we teach you. if you do not see a target, do not engage it. bottom line. so shooting for us to shoot