Pretoria – Prosecutor Gerrie Nel cautioned murder accused Oscar Pistorius not to argue with him and answer his questions in the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria on Wednesday. “Mr Pistorius, please answer the question. Don’t argue with me. If you argue or think about other evidence you will get into trouble,” Nel told Pistorius during cross-examination.
He was questioning the Paralympian about a statement submitted at his bail application that he went onto his balcony to bring a fan into his room.
This was in the early hours of 14 February last year, shortly before he shot his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp through a locked toilet door, apparently thinking she was an intruder.
He found her slumped over the toilet after he broke the door down. She was shot in the hip, arm, and head.
“I never went onto the balcony,” Pistorius told the court.
He said he placed a stainless steel fan, which was on a tripod, with one leg on the balcony tiles, the other two legs on his bedroom carpet. He said he placed a second fan on the carpet in front of the first….
