Monday, March 24, 2014

"I'm Scared of you Sometimes".......Reeva Steenkamp's Message

Reeva Steenkamp and Oscar Pistorius

Oscar Pistorius' girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp sent him a text message saying: "I'm scared of you sometimes," the court has heard. The message was sent after the couple had a row when he accused her of flirting with another man - weeks before he shot her dead. A police captain has been testifying about the couple's mobile phones and read the message to the court.
Mr Pistorius denies deliberately killing his girlfriend of three months, saying he thought she was an intruder.The trial has now entered is fourth week, with the prosecution expected to wrap up its case before Friday.

Oscar Pistorius murder trial mobile phone messages:

  • "I was not flirting with anyone today I feel sick that you suggested that" (Reeva Steenkamp,  January 27/ 2013)
  • "I'm scared of you sometimes and how you snap at me and how you will react to me" (Reeva Steenkamp,  January 27/2013 )
  • "I do everything to make you happy and to not say anything to rock the boat with you" (Reeva Steenkamp, January 27)
  • "I cant be attacked by outsiders for dating you and be attacked by you - the one person I deserve protection from" (Reeva Steenkamp, 8 February)
  • The court heard the couple called each other "Angel" and "Baba"
  • "Angel please don't say a thing to anyone…Darren told everyone it was his fault. I can't afford for that to come out" (Oscar Pistorius, January 11/2013 following alleged shooting incident)

Capt Francois Moller said he had been able to extract some 35,000 pages' worth of messages from Ms Steenkamp's phone. He told the court on Monday that 90% of the messages between the couple were loving, but he had picked out exceptions.
Mr Pistorius has said he has forgotten the password to his iPhone and investigators went to the US shortly before the trial began to meet Apple officials to try and gain access to it. In one message sent on 27 January 2013, Ms Steenkamp wrote: "I'm scared of you sometimes and how you snap at me and of how you react to me."

June Steenkamp, mother of Reeva Steenkamp, left, with unidentified woman leaves the high court in Pretoria, South Africa, Monday, 24 March 2014.
Reeva Steenkamp's mother, June Steenkamp, has been in court to hear the prosecution's evidence
 
Oscar Pistorius leaves after his trial for the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, in Pretoria, on 24 March 2014 
There is intense media interest in the case due to Mr Pistorius' status as a sports hero in South Africa
 
The couple had attended a friend's engagement dinner and left abruptly. In another message written a week before her death, she said: "I can't be attacked by outsiders for dating you and be attacked by you - the one person I deserve protection from."

Valentine's Day 2013. Anette Stipp, whose husband gave evidence earlier in the trial, said she heard the screams and gunshots at the verified time of the shooting. She said she heard two groups of gunshots with a woman screaming in between. Her testimony has closely matched that of other neighbours and witnesses, including her husband. The defence has previously claimed that Mr Pistorius screams like a woman and that neighbours had confused his screams with those of Ms Steenkamp.
"It was a definitely a woman screaming," said Mrs Stipp.

She also said that the light was on in the bathroom cubicle, where Ms Steenkamp was when she was shot. This contradicts evidence given by Mr Pistorius, who said that it was "pitch dark" where the shooting took place.
On Sunday the trial was extended and will now run until the middle of May. It had been due to end this week.The prosecution says it will call upon four more witnesses before closing its case. The defence team, led by Barry Roux, will then call upon its own witnesses, including Mr Pistorius himself. Last week the trial heard evidence from ballistics experts and computer forensic teams who described the sequence and timing of the shots that killed Ms Steenkamp.

Mr Pistorius is a double amputee who holds six Paralympic medals and competed in the 2012 Olympic Games. The prosecution accuses him of intentionally shooting Ms Steenkamp - a model, reality TV celebrity and law graduate - after an argument. But the athlete maintains he believed his girlfriend was in bed and that an intruder had entered the bathroom when he shot at the toilet door in the early hours of February 14/2013.
There are no juries at trials in South Africa, and his fate will ultimately be decided by the judge, assisted by two assessors. If found guilty, the 27-year-old - dubbed the "blade runner" because of the prosthetic limbs he wore to race - could face life imprisonment.





Hey, What about that bloody cricket bat?? It had her blood on it, so did he hit her before she ran in the bathroom or after he shot her, to make sure she was dead??

2 comments:

  1. Pistorius is a bully and a murderer ,,, no reason to hit her after he shot her , the poor girl was trying to get away , she was scared for her life .
    The ex-girlfriend told the court he was a bully .

    They are asking the question was it an accident or was it premeditated .
    Pistotius was in a jealous rage when he killed Reeva and is guilty as sin for first degree murder . Money talks and bullshit walks , . he don't deserve any pity or sympathy ... no matter how much he pukes or cries .
    Have you notice Pistorius he has shown no remorse .
    Good post ...PIC
    Luv

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  2. I see it just the way you do PIC.I hope it is that obvious to the judge. And no I haven't seen remorse.
    Good comment.. Thanks ..Luv Luv

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