I would love to hear your thoughts as to what you think of the trial so far.  There have been lots of highlights, and if everyone thought it was going to get boring after Oscar Pistorius’ tough time under cross-examination, they were at least amused by Roger Dixon being ripped apart. Dixon is the geologist who somehow managed to give evidence on a variety of fields that he clearly has no expertise in – ranging from the difference between the sound of a gunshot and a cricket bat hitting a door, lighting, wounds and post mortem results.  

I was quite amazed that a man who wears glasses sought a scientific test to decide how dark it was in Oscar’s bedroom was to simply use his own eyes and then when they tried to recreate Oscar standing at the bedroom window and the bathroom window, they had somebody standing or kneeling 20 cm lower than Oscar would have been.  It was a bit of a comedy show and Oscar cannot have appreciated where his legal team spent his money insofar as this expert was concerned – which is always a problem when you have to sell your house, amongst other things, to pay for your legal fees.  

His own evidence however was not very much better – he was argumentative, tried to be extremely clever in the witness box the entire time, continually explaining after giving answers that his version must be the truth because it did not necessarily suit his case.  It seems to be that he thinks everything is an accident – when he was at Tasha’s Restaurant a gun, which apparently cannot go off by accident, went off by accident in his hands without him touching the trigger and he has on a number of occasions said that the shooting of Reeva was an accident, although he has attempted to explain that, but there certainly seems to be some uncertainty or contradiction in his lawyers case as to him thinking he was shooting a robber and his explanation as to on what basis the gun went off in his hands.