Yogi, it could be worse...we could fancy Roux 

We're looking at which bit of the magazine rack might have caused RS's injuries. The ballistics expert won't be drawn on this.

we have to secretly slip Bromide into Dame's coffee to quell her urges for Nel, she goes into raptures when he sucks his glasses or pops his foot on the stool 

ok, but I shall keep one beady eye on you 

its not working 

I don't fancy him, I just lubs him.

*increases Dame's dose of Bromide*

I keep picturing Barry every night at the kitchen sink in a pinny, slippers and pink marigold gloves doing the washing up and replying 'yes dear' to his wife's nagging 

I understand...not 

#oscartrial Wolmarans: most of the energy would have been lost, but there was enough energy to fall into the toilet.

objection M'lady 

Can I swap him for Mr Y, he never washes up or says, "Yes Dear"?

my ex called me Oy  

Surely M'lady needs a wee or something!!!!

It's for your own good. Drink up, Damey.

Nel tries to match bullet fragment to wound in photos. Wolmarans: "It's not that I want to disagree, my lady. I disagree." #Pistorius

bet Woollie is hoping that he's due off the stand soon or he gets a tea break   how long to lunch?

I'm bursting!

going to have to go me lovlies...try and keep me informed...I will try and catch up with the thread later and the rest of today's court in the morning  have a lovely afternoon  

In that case, I'm glad he's your ex.

Okay Dame, see you later.

I'll keep an eye on Nel for you

I hope so - I'm ready to widdle my undercrackers now 

Head of SAPS ballistics is pointing to screen.WW chair squeaking as he shows the differences.Nel squeaks back: "But you can CLEARLY see...,"

catch you later 

Yaaaaaaaayyy!! Nel needs a wee

You made me RL lol.

Woohoo! *runs to loo*

#oscartrial Nel: you have to consider she had a top on. #oscartrial Wolmarans: if it wasn't pulled up, I think it was in position..

astounding revelation and thank god we've got early lunch *blows Nel a big smooch* 

i just tweeted my thanks 

Dame when you get back I very nortily suggested Warwick Davies for when OP is on his stumps for the #oscarthemovie

I'm evil and bad 

I'm really fed up with the piddle poor coverage of this trial from Sky news - turned on the red button and despite it supposed to be the OP trial we had female genital mutilation 

Wolmarans makes the important point that the bullet deflection thru the door was not taken into account when Mangena did laser tests.

Lunchtime summary

The court has continued to hear evidence from Tom Wolmarans, a ballistics expert for the defence. Barry Roux concluded questions for the defence, giving way to an aggressive cross-examination by Gerrie Nel.

• Wolmarans testified that he believes Steenkamp was standing close behind the toilet door when the first two bullets hit her hip and arm. He concludes she was falling as she was hit by a subsequent bullet that caused her head wound.

• Wolmarans said an injury to Steenkamp's back was not caused by a ricochet bullet, as the state argues, but occurred when she fell backwards on to a wooden magazine rack (this tallies with the evidence of an earlier defence witness, Roger Dixon). The ricochet bullet ended up in the toilet bowl, Wolmarans says: the state's version "doesn't make sense". There would have been enough energy in the ricocheted bullet for it to rebound and fall into the toilet, but not enough energy to inflict injury.

• But Nel said striation marks on Steenkamp's back matched the bullet fragment found in the toilet bowl. "I can't see the resemblance," was Wolmarans' response.

• The reconstructed toilet cubicle again came into play in court. Wolmarans stepped inside to show his version of where Steenkamp had been and how she had fallen. Nel disputed his account, saying there would not have been room for Steenkamp to have moved in the way he alleges.

A laser is used to demonstrate the path of one of the bullets. Wolmarans is on the left. Photograph: Herman Verwey/EPA

• Wolmarans said Pistorius could be wrong in his recollection of where the magazine rack was situated.

• Nel noted that Wolmarans' report is dated 23 April 2014 (surprisingly not that long ago). Nel says this was after Roger Dixon gave his testimony for the defence. Wolmarans says his report was ongoing and was amended as he went along. He was delivering verbal reports to the defence team along the way, he adds. Nel seems concerned that Wolmarans' report was only completed after all earlier forensics witnesses had been questioned and cross-examined in court.

• Wolmarans admitted going for a beer with defence witness Dixon after the latter finished his testimony but said he would not have altered his own report on Dixon's advice because he was not a ballistics expert.

Nel: So we should discard anything he said about ballistics? … You would not want the court to accept anything he said, because he is not a ballistics expert?

• After state witnesses testified that they had heard two sets of gunshots, Wolmarans was asked to carry out sound tests to ascertain whether the second set was in fact the sound of the cricket bat striking the door. He concluded the sounds of the cricket bat and gunshots were very similar, with the bat not quite as loud. The sound tests took place at the house of Arnold Pistorius, the athlete's uncle, and Oscar Pistorius wielded the bat.

• June Steenkamp left court during some of the testimony about the wounds to her daughter.

The court is back (I am following this link)

http://www.theguardian.com/wor...p-murder-trial-9-may

*gets refreshments ready*

Nel and Wolmarans are really in dispute now. Wolmarans is telling Nel he is wrong:

KIck his asss Nel!!!

Thanks Moonie.