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Pistorius: 'I'f I had stayed where I was, anything could have happened'

Saturday, April 12 2014 by SNTV
  • Intro:

    Oscar Pistorius arrives at court in Pretoria, South Africa, ahead of his continuing cross-examination on Friday (11th April).

    Script:

    SOUNDBITE: (English) Gerrie Nel, Prosecutor:

    "You wanted the court to understand that you knew she was on the bed. That's why you invented a discussion with her."

    UPSOUND: (English) Oscar Pistorius: ++NOT IN VISION, BEGINS ON MID OF NEL++

    "I didn't invent a discussion with her, my lady."

    SOUNDBITE: (English) Gerrie Nel, Prosecutor:

    "During your bail application, you did not think there would be a need to invent a discussion."

    Mid of judge, SOUNDBITE: (English) Gerrie Nel, Prosecutor: ++INCLUDES CUTAWAYS++

    "I say, Mr Pistorius, a reasonable person would have looked where Reeva was. Looked if she was safe and if she panicked. But you didn't. You just grabbed a gun. On your own version, not on my version, on your own version you did not find out if she was OK, or scared, or anything. You wanted to arm yourself. That's the first thought that went through your mind. But you're trying to say, but the fact of this matter is if you'd stayed in that room Reeva would have been alive. Those are the facts. I'm testing you on a version that's not true."

    UPSOUND: (English) Oscar Pistorius: ++NOT IN VISION, BEGINS ON MID OF NEL++

    "That's not a test my lady, that's a hypothetical version - that if I had stayed in my room, no life would have been lost that night. I understand that. I agree with that. But that's not a test."

    SOUNDBITE: (English) Gerrie Nel, Prosecutor:

    "You see, my problem is the following: you said you were vulnerable. You felt vulnerable. Am I right?"

    UPSOUND: (English) Oscar Pistorius: ++NOT IN VISION++

    "That's correct, my lady."

    SOUNDBITE: (English) Gerrie Nel, Prosecutor:

    "But... You approached the danger. The two doesn't make sense. You can't be vulnerable and approach the danger."

    UPSOUND: (English) Oscar Pistorius: ++NOT IN VISION - ENDS ON WIDE OF JUDGE++

    "My lady, if I had stayed where I was anything could have happened."

    Wide of gallery, including Reeva Steenkamp's mother June (white jacket, glasses)

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