OSCAR PISTORIUS TRIAL | EX GIRLFRIEND DELIVERS DAMNING EVIDENCE The saying goes: Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned, and for Oscar Pistorius that proved very true in court today as his ex girlfriend, delivered damning evidence against him during cross examination. Prosecution called Samantha Taylor, who dated Oscar Pistorius. Samantha Taylor confirms she met Pistorius in 2010, started dating in 2011. She says she was 17 when they started dating and they met at a rugby game. They initially started going out after he made contact over Facebook. She says she spent four days a week at Pistoriuss house. She says he would sleep on the right hand side of the bed, if you are facing the wall. She says he kept a gun on him all the time when they were dating and carried it around, even when visiting friends. She says he placed the gun on the bedside table or next to his prosthetic legs on the floor at night. His legs would be on the right hand side where he slept. Miss Taylor says he had two cell phones- one for work, one for personal use. He also had an iPad which he used frequently. Miss Taylor says that Oscar Pistorius DOES NOT scream like a woman, he screams like a man. She says he screamed a few times when they were together, and he was very anxious at her. Miss Taylor says Oscar Pistorius screamed at her sister, her best friend, his best friend, while they were together. Earlier the prosecution asked her about an incident when her and Oscar went to Val River with some firends. They were stopped on the way home by police because they were speeding. Pistorius left the gun on the front seat as he was questioned by police. The policeman said the gun should not be left on the front seat and cocked the gun so the bullets flew out. Pistorius became angry and said the policeman was not allowed to touch the gun. Oscar and his friend Darren Fresco said they were irritated and wanted to shoot a traffic light. Taylor was in the back seat and Fresco was driving, Oscar fired the gun out of the sun roof and laughed. She says that Oscar fired the shot around 15 minutes after being pulled over. She doesnt remember what house they were heading to be she knows it was to sign papers for guns. Oscar Pistorius was looking at his ex-girlfriend impassively but a bit flushed. Taylor said the relationship ended because he cheated on her with Reeva Steenkamp. As Taylor started crying, Pistorius looked like he might be about to too. Taylor said that the first time they ended their relationship was when Pistorius went on a date. The second time was November 4 2012 when he started going out with Reeva. Roux questions whether they were still in a relationship. Taylor says that there were problems but they had not officially broken up. Miss Taylor starts to cry as she recounts the first time their relationship ended, when Oscar cheated on her. Roux says defenced will produce e-mails showing that Miss taylor is lying about the relationship. Taylor says that Pistorius took Reeva to an awards ceremony, which is when they broke up the second time. Defence seeming to imply the relationship was already over at that time. He asks Taylor if Oscar could walk on his stumps. She says yes but it was difficult to balance. Roux asked if he was fearful of his life all the time. Taylor says not necessarily. He carried a gun but she doesnt think he was scared. Taylor talking about his mobile phone told the court that he took it everywhere- to the bathroom, to the kitchen. She says I think which Roux jumps on- she is not sure. Taylor says Pistorius always had his phone next to his bed. Taylor says he often used his phone five times a night. Roux says in her evidence she said often which he argues does not mean everynight. Prosecution says it is semantics. Taylor says that Pistorius never kept his firearm under the bed, when she was there. Roux says that is a dispute and pistorius will explain later. Taylor is being asked how she felt about the break up. I was upset she says. She starts crying and the court adjourns again. She says she did not cheat on Oscar but Taylor says there was an altercation with a man she was seeing after her and Oscar had ended the relationship for the first time which is recorded on e-mail. This man is called Quentin and there was a relationship between the two. Taylor testified that on several occasions when Oscar thought he heard something during the night, he would always wake her up first, and then take his gun to go and investigate. The court adjourned for lunch.
Posted on: Fri, 07 Mar 2014 10:58:47 +0000
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