Pistorius murder trial day two: top quotes
The Oscar Pistorius murder trial entered its second day in the High Court in Pretoria on Tuesday. Below is a compilation of quotes of the day.
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"Just listen to the question please." -- defence lawyer Barry Roux to State witness Michelle Burger.
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"My statement is a few pages long. I've been testifying for hours and I can explain the minute details to the court." -- Burger.
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"Do you know what it sounds like when an English willow wood [cricket bat] makes hard contact with a meranti door?" -- Roux.
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"I know what shots sound like." -- Burger.
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"It seems like the one [statement] was used as a template for the other." -- Roux to Burger about her and her husband's statements.
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"We were in the same room." -- Burger.
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"The witness is being badgered." -- prosecutor Gerrie Nel.
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"Mr Roux, I really think you have exhausted this." -- Judge Thokozile Masipa.
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"There was serious, serious, brain damage." -- Roux, on Steenkamp's injuries.
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"What were your emotions at the time of making the statement?" Nel to Burger.
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"It was... raw emotion." -- Burger.
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"When I'm in the shower, I relive her shouts." -- Burger.
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"I am warning the media, if you do not behave, you will not be treated with soft gloves." -- Masipa, after discovering that a still photograph of Burger had been used by some media.
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"We were not in violation of the court order, I must stress that." --eNCA head of news Patrick Conroy.
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"NOTE: 'We used a still picture from the University website -- also carried in daily newspapers." -- a tweet by eNCA.
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"No photograph of this witness may be televised or published in any form." -- Masipa, before the swearing in of the second witness, Estelle van der Merwe.
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"Bang, bang. That's the best I can do." -- Van der Merwe's testimony of what she heard the night of the killing.
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"I was irritated by the noise because I wanted to sleep and my son was going to write an exam." -- Van der Merwe.
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"I was terribly frightened [when she heard shots]." -- Van der Merwe.
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"My husband said it was Oscar that was crying." -- Van der Merwe.
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"At that point we were under the impression that people were being attacked, like a house robbery, or an armed robbery." -- Charl Johnson.
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"The woman continued screaming... she started screaming again." --Johnson.
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"The intensity and fear in her voice escalated and it was clear that this person's life was in danger. That's when the... shots were fired... I heard the lady scream again and the last scream faded moments after the last gunshot was fired." -- Johnson.
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"I knew there were a few shots, I didn't count them. I knew there were quite a few." -- Johnson.
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"I lay awake thinking how I could improve the security in our house." --Johnson.
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"It's fine, take a seat." -- Masipa to Pistorius, who apologised for arriving late in court.
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"It's Oscar Time. Money Back If He Walks. We will refund all losing bets on the Oscar Pistorius trial if he is found not guilty." -- an advert by Irish bookmaker Paddy Power.
-SAPA
