then you kicked the door while you had the gun in your hand? that s correct, my lady. what happened then? you said you went out to get the bat, you got the bat i ran back screaming? that s correct, my lady. i was screaming. but before that, when you were in the remember that trying to shoulder charge the door, you were screaming? i was crying out and screaming. i was screaming, reeva! reeva! i was crying, the more desperate i got, that i couldn t get into the toilet. i was crying out, and then i ran to get the cricket bat, and then i ran back to the toilet. all this time screaming, crying as hard crying and screaming, my
lady. see, let us not as hard as i could all the time. i was screaming as i was overcome with terror and despair. at times i was screaming loud. at times i was crying out. now you weren t screaming at reeva because she was hiding in a toilet, were you his fifth day under cross-examination. you re watching live testimony of oscar pistorius at his trial in pretoria. for viewers in the united states, early start is coming up next. for everyone else, we will return you to this live testimony underway. you hit the door
and i m not going to go step by step, just in summary. you heard the noise, you armed yourself, you walked, and when you and in the passage you screamed. that s just a summary. that s correct, my lady. so mr. pistorius, in your version, she must have had time to void her bladder. that s correct, my lady. and get dressed? i don t follow the question, my lady she when you shot her she was dressed when she went to the bathroom. when she fell asleep she was dressed. then she voided her bladder and dressed herself. she was wearing basketball shorts, my lady, so she would have had to pull them up, that s correct. in your version, and that is before she shut the door. that sound correct that
the cross-examination was so intense that pistorius broke down a number of times. the court had to be adjourned twice so he could gather himself. here s the exchange between pistorius and the prosecutor. we haven t spoken about reeva. we haven t spoken about anything now. but you re getting emotional. why? we were speaking about reeva, my lady. mr. pistorius, you re not using your emotional state as an escape, are you? no, my lady. i can t remember how i opened the doors. i can t remember how i opened the doors. i cannot see how that would cause you to be emotional if you cannot remember how you opened the door. i just don t. i did not fire at reeva! and we will have much more on the trial coming up. we ll hear from our legal analyst in pretoria. and of course we ll bring you today s cross-examination as soon as it gets underway. for our viewers in the u.s., early start and new day will also have special coverage of the trial throughout the
application line it s unfortunately not in exhibit d, it s somewhere we ll get someone to assist you. noticed that an intruder was in the toilet, the door was closed, i did not see anyone in the bathroom. i heard movement inside the toilet. now what i m sorry, my lady, i m not