Oscar Pistorius murder trial day 22: Gerrie Nel accuses Blade Runner of tailoring evidence
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Prosecutor Gerrie Nel launched another fervent attack on Oscar Pistorius on Monday, accusing the athlete of "tailoring evidence" and using emotions as "an escape".
Monday's trial focused on the positions of Reeva Steenkamp's belongings and the noises Pistorius heard on the night of February 14 last year.
According to Pistorius, Steenkamp slept on the right. However, police found that her white sandals and overnight bag were placed on the left. When questioned by the lead prosecutor, Pistorius said Steenkamp put her belongings near the sofa as a habit.
The Olympian sprinter woke up in the early hours of Valentine's Day. He said that Steenkamp was awake when he was getting up, and asked: "Can't you sleep, my baba?"
After bringing in two fans, Pistorius went on to use Steenkamp's jeans to cover an LED light of the amplifier, which distracted him from sleeping. Gel, who earned the nickname "Bull Terrier" because of his aggressive style of questioning, dismissed it as a fabricated time gap which Pistorius used to make his story fit. To back up his theory, Nel continued to ask the sportsman why he did not try to cover the red light of the television, which should also have bothered him that night.
Pistorius said he heard a window slide open, so he dropped the jeans. He grabbed the pistol from under the bed and carried it while walking down the passage to the bathroom. The athlete said he did not extend the arm as he was approaching the perceived intruder. After yelling at Steenkamp to go downstairs and call the police, he heard the toilet door slam.
The athlete opened fire after hearing a sound like wood moving. He told the court: "In retrospect it was the magazine rack moving." Gel suggested that Steenkamp was t
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Prosecutor Gerrie Nel launched another fervent attack on Oscar Pistorius on Monday, accusing the athlete of "tailoring evidence" and using emotions as "an escape".
Monday's trial focused on the positions of Reeva Steenkamp's belongings and the noises Pistorius heard on the night of February 14 last year.
According to Pistorius, Steenkamp slept on the right. However, police found that her white sandals and overnight bag were placed on the left. When questioned by the lead prosecutor, Pistorius said Steenkamp put her belongings near the sofa as a habit.
The Olympian sprinter woke up in the early hours of Valentine's Day. He said that Steenkamp was awake when he was getting up, and asked: "Can't you sleep, my baba?"
After bringing in two fans, Pistorius went on to use Steenkamp's jeans to cover an LED light of the amplifier, which distracted him from sleeping. Gel, who earned the nickname "Bull Terrier" because of his aggressive style of questioning, dismissed it as a fabricated time gap which Pistorius used to make his story fit. To back up his theory, Nel continued to ask the sportsman why he did not try to cover the red light of the television, which should also have bothered him that night.
Pistorius said he heard a window slide open, so he dropped the jeans. He grabbed the pistol from under the bed and carried it while walking down the passage to the bathroom. The athlete said he did not extend the arm as he was approaching the perceived intruder. After yelling at Steenkamp to go downstairs and call the police, he heard the toilet door slam.
The athlete opened fire after hearing a sound like wood moving. He told the court: "In retrospect it was the magazine rack moving." Gel suggested that Steenkamp was t