his gun and shoot out of the car roof. taylor also described how they broke up and when questioned by the defense, she broke down in tears, forcing the judge to stop the trial for a break. this relationship, how did it end? finally end? finally, at the end yeah, at the end. he cheated on me with reeva steenkamp. the first time our relationship ended was when he cheated on me with i m sorry. just take your time, please. joining me now from pretoria, ayman mohyeldin. ayman, samantha taylor met oscar pistorius when she was 17, they had an on-again, off-again relationship, which makes it easy for the defense to say, listen, this is somebody they had bad blood in the
of crimes as head of libya s finish forces. day four of testimony in the oscar pistorius murder trial. prosecutors pulling out all the stops this morning, trying to paint the blade runner as a trigger-happy, cold-blooded killer. there s really been so much drama already in this case in this courtroom. let s bring in senior international correspondent nic robertson live from pretoria. nic, bring us up to speed on what s happening this morning. reporter: yeah john just another day of drama and intense questioning by the defense attorney barry ru, of the third witness, the husband of the first witness, the near neighbor just questioning him, piling the pressure on saying have you ever heard shots from a nearby house? no, i haven t, he said. have you ever heard somebody break down a door with a cricket bat from a nearby house? no i haven t. i put it to you that you weren t
shoot and kill reva steen camp. not only was it a credible witness, but more importantly he was the first so far the most intimate witness who rushed into the crime scene, saw it firsthand and was able to give that very gripping and moving testimony. all right. ayman mohyeldin in pretoria thank you. let mess bring in the professor. the keep testimony was pointed out earlier, but he says that when he got to the home the lights were on. we know that oscar pistorius said to investigators at the time that he never turned the lights on in that home. why would that be significant? it might show that pistorius is fabricating his story and has the details wrong, but it might just be a slight mistake. i don t think that means that he s lies. in fact i think this doctor on
just to sort of, if you will set the record straight for that. so it s key how important all this testimony is right now, john. it really is crucial. the defense has to discredit just about every one of these witnesses. nic robertson for us in pretoria covering this case. really appreciate it. all right, what exactly did pope francis say about civil unions? the new pope causing a stir in a wide-ranging interview on ash wednesday, while insisting that marriage is between a man and a woman, the pope seemed to open the door to civil unions. now, a vatican spokesman later clarified, saying the pope was not wading into the debate on gay civil unions. he was speaking about the duties of the state and not the church. he is the master of language that leaves space open for interpretation. all right, new this morning, the brother of afghan president hamid karzai pulling out of his country s upcoming presidential election apparently because of pressure from the president himself. karzai
she was clenching down on oscar s fingers as i was trying to open her airway. moments later he covered his ears when the doctor gave even more gruesome details about the condition of her body, saying it was obvious she was mortally wounded. joining me live from pretoria ayman mohyeldin. the doctor was the first person in the house after the shooting. do we know if he heard the gunshot and ran into the home? or was he called by oscar? how did he get in the home? you re absolutely right tamron, this is what makes him such an important witness. first of all, he lives directly next to oscar s house. more importantly he has a clear view from his own balcony. that night according to dr. johan stipp he was awoken in the middle of the night as a