Oscar Pistorius' murder trial has been adjourned until
Friday with the prosecution having closed its case.
After the final state witnesses finished their testimony,
prosecutor Gerrie Nel formally announced: "This is the state's case."
The defence team will now present its case, starting on
Friday, with Pistorius himself potentially taking the stand.
Pistorius' lawyer Barry Roux asked for the adjournment
because he says he needs two days to consult unused prosecution witnesses he
might want to call.
The prosecution originally listed 107 people as state
witnesses, but called just 20 of them.
Tuesday's proceedings, day 15 on the trial, saw further
evidence from police mobile phone expert Francois Moller.
On Monday Moller revealed messages from victim Reeva
Steenkamp, which stated that she was sometimes scared of Pistorius.
Moller said in total he obtained more than 1,000
exchanges between the couple and on Tuesday he explained how he pulled data
from their phones.
Messages
He was questioned by Roux on the nature of the messages
and if they were hostile or loving.
Moller said he received as evidence two BlackBerry
phones, two iPhones, two iPads and a Mac computer from Pistorius' house the day
after Steenkamp was shot to death.
Roux argued that amongst the hundreds of
"loving" text messages, just four could be interpreted as hostile.
And Roux also showed Moller CCTV footage of the couple
shopping just 10 days before Steenkamp was killed in which they looked close
and happy together.
As Pistorius left court he told reporters: "It's a
tough time. We've got a lot of stuff ahead of us."
Prosecutors allege Pistorius killed Steenkamp after an
argument.
Pistorius says he killed her by accident on Valentine's
Day last year, mistaking her for an intruder in his house.
Culled from Soccerway
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