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Friday 3 June 2016 - 5:00pm
Prosecutor Gerrie Nel at the sentencing hearing of paralympian Oscar Pistorius at the high court in Pretoria, Thursday, 16 October 2014.
Dolus eventualis: quo vadis?
As we draw closer to the sentencing hearing in the Pistorius matter, which has been scheduled to start on 13 June 2016, it is appropriate to reflect – in terms of finally concluding on the matter – on some of the key legal issues related to the case. Whereas most members of the public have probably at this stage ‘had more than enough’ of the case, there are some of those issues that remain unresolved, and it is important to resolve them.
kelly, any indication when pistorius might be called to testify? reporter: we certainly expect pistorius to testify once cross examination and re-examination of the pathologist is finished. the defense alluded this morning that after the special circumstance was taken into account to let the pathologist go first for family reasons, the defense team said they would then continue with the normal order of their case. and normally in south african criminal law, if a defendant is going to testify, an accused person, they will be the first to testify, so we do assume that he will be next on the stand. what are we hearing from the pathologist, and i guess, how is that fitting into how we think the defense is going to look like? reporter: well, we re hearing some crucial evidence from the pathologist at the moment with regard to two key contentions that the state made in their case through their pathological evidence. the first relates to evidence of gastric emptying. the state relied on
cameramen, ordinary south africans waiting outside the entrance to the pretoria high court. oscar pistorius is expected to come here in the next 15 to 30 minutes and there is really an expectation that he will take to the stand today. legal analysts say it is highly unlikely that he doesn t. and the south african criminal law, normally and in most cases the accused takes to the stand first. and just a quick question. do we know if reeva steenkamp s family is expected to be there in the courtroom today? reporter: for the past two weeks her mother june has been in court supported by a friend. she s been very stoic at times. sometimes crying. i ve watched her. she s gone through some of the most gruesome emotional testimony on how her daughter s life ended. it is expected she might be there. there is no official confirmation if she ll be here today. i do know that two of reeva s