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Pistorius trial: Forensic expert gives evidence

Wednesday, April 16 2014 by SNTV
  • Intro:

    The defence call an expert witness to the stand to support Oscar Pistorius' contention that he shot and killed his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp by mistake, at the Supreme Court in Pretoria, South Africa on Tuesday (15th April).

    Script:

    SOUNDBITE (English) Roger Dixon, forensic expert:

    "I closed the curtains, made sure they were closed, switched all the lights off and then looked around to see what I could see. Whether I could see my hand in front of my face or if I could see in any particular direction. With all lights off on the room and that includes video electronic equipment, everything off, on a dark, moonless night, you could see a little bit of light coming towards the end of the passage leading to the bathroom. But within the bedroom itself, you couldn't see anything at all, not even my hand in front of my face."

    SOUNDBITE (English) Roger Dixon, forensic expert:

    "Because on the evening of the 14th of February 2013 it was also a moonless night. The moon set early in the evening, so at 3 o'clock, that time of the night, it was dark."

    SOUNDBITE (English) Roger Dixon, forensic expert:

    "I went again last night to the house and we switched on the electricity and I switched on the equipment. With the curtain closed, the lights off, with the lights of the cd (compact disc) player on, it has a little bit of light. If you stand in front of it and you go with your hand like that you can see your hand because you disturb the light. With your back to the, light I couldn't see into the darker areas of the room, I could just see down the passage."

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