Case
IN THE HIGH COURT OF SOUTH AFRICA
GAUTENG DIVISION, PRETORIA
CASE NO: CC113-2013
DATE: 2014-09-11, 12
In the matter between
THE STATE and OSCAR LEONARD CARL PISTORIUS
Accused
BEFORE THE HONOURABLE MS JUSTICE MASIPA
ASSESSORS:
ADV J HENZEN DU TOIT
ADV T MAZIBUKO
ON BEHALF OF THE STATE:
ADV GERRIE C NEL
ADV ANDREA JOHNSON
ON BEHALF OF THE DEFENCE:
ADV BARRY ROUX SC
ADV KENNY OLDWAGE
INTERPRETERS:
MS F HENDRICKS
JUDGMENT
VOLUME 42 (Page 3280 - 3351) iAfrica Transcriptions (Pty) Ltd
1ST Floor Office F112
Momentum Building, 329 Pretorius Street
Pretoria, 0001
Tel: (012) 326-1881 / Fax: (086) 409 8557 www.iafricatranscriptions.co.za CC113/2013-mb
2014-09-11
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JUDGMENT
IN THE HIGH COURT OF SOUTH AFRICA
GAUTENG DIVISION, PRETORIA
CASE NO: CC13/2013
DATE: 2014-09-11
2014-09-12
In the matter between
THE STATE and OSCAR LEONARD CARL PISTORIUS
Accused
JUDGMENT
MASIPA J:
In 2013 the accused stayed at house number 286
Bushwillow Street, Silverwoods Country Estate, Silver Lakes. The house with a double storey with the main bedroom on the first floor, the accused slept in the main bedroom which had en suite facilities, that is a bathroom and a toilet.
To reach the bathroom from the main bedroom one had to walk through a passage, although there was no door separating the main bedroom. From the bathroom there was a door to the toilet that opened to the outside that is into the bathroom. The toilet was a small cubicle.
iAfrica Transcriptions (Pty) Ltd / hvr
CC113/2013-mb
2014-09-11
3281
JUDGMENT
The main bedroom had a sliding door that led onto a balcony. There were blinds on the windows and thick curtains which hung on the windows and the sliding door. When the blinds were closed and the curtains were drawn, the main bedroom was dark.
On 13 February 2013 the accused spent the evening in his home with his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. In the early morning hours
GAUTENG DIVISION, PRETORIA
CASE NO: CC113-2013
DATE: 2014-09-11, 12
In the matter between
THE STATE and OSCAR LEONARD CARL PISTORIUS
Accused
BEFORE THE HONOURABLE MS JUSTICE MASIPA
ASSESSORS:
ADV J HENZEN DU TOIT
ADV T MAZIBUKO
ON BEHALF OF THE STATE:
ADV GERRIE C NEL
ADV ANDREA JOHNSON
ON BEHALF OF THE DEFENCE:
ADV BARRY ROUX SC
ADV KENNY OLDWAGE
INTERPRETERS:
MS F HENDRICKS
JUDGMENT
VOLUME 42 (Page 3280 - 3351) iAfrica Transcriptions (Pty) Ltd
1ST Floor Office F112
Momentum Building, 329 Pretorius Street
Pretoria, 0001
Tel: (012) 326-1881 / Fax: (086) 409 8557 www.iafricatranscriptions.co.za CC113/2013-mb
2014-09-11
3280
JUDGMENT
IN THE HIGH COURT OF SOUTH AFRICA
GAUTENG DIVISION, PRETORIA
CASE NO: CC13/2013
DATE: 2014-09-11
2014-09-12
In the matter between
THE STATE and OSCAR LEONARD CARL PISTORIUS
Accused
JUDGMENT
MASIPA J:
In 2013 the accused stayed at house number 286
Bushwillow Street, Silverwoods Country Estate, Silver Lakes. The house with a double storey with the main bedroom on the first floor, the accused slept in the main bedroom which had en suite facilities, that is a bathroom and a toilet.
To reach the bathroom from the main bedroom one had to walk through a passage, although there was no door separating the main bedroom. From the bathroom there was a door to the toilet that opened to the outside that is into the bathroom. The toilet was a small cubicle.
iAfrica Transcriptions (Pty) Ltd / hvr
CC113/2013-mb
2014-09-11
3281
JUDGMENT
The main bedroom had a sliding door that led onto a balcony. There were blinds on the windows and thick curtains which hung on the windows and the sliding door. When the blinds were closed and the curtains were drawn, the main bedroom was dark.
On 13 February 2013 the accused spent the evening in his home with his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. In the early morning hours