someone typed this out over yonder >>>>>
thought you might like a little recap, if I remember rightly it sort of fits Mrs Burgers testimony.
Annett Stipp's Evidence ( and I've added some timings into this to see how it could all add up to the timing of the shots )
AS : Iâm an occupational therapist doing medical legal work.
Nel : Madam, on the evening of 13th-14th February early morning an incident happened that caused this trial. Now, you went to bed and during the night you woke up.
AS : Thatâs correct
Nel : What caused you to wake up?
AS : I was slightly flu-ish so I had a bout of coughing, which woke me up. I was lying in my bed contemplating whether I should do something about it, drink some water or just see if it passes. So I looked over at my husbandâs side where the clock radio was on his bed side table and saw that it was 03:02. I then decided to rather drink something so as not to wake him up as well with the coughing. As I was in the process of getting up I heard 3, which sounded to me like gunshots [3:03]. I immediately asked my husband did he hear that and he said yes it was gunshots. At that stage I was sort of sitting on the side of my bed and I could see the lights on in the two houses that I could see from my bedroom window or from the balcony window [03:04].
Nel : Letâs deal with that. (gets photos). The house that one can see with the red arrow, you saw that window?
AS : Thatâs correct
Nel : And the light was on
AS : Thatâs correct
Nel : You said that your husband said it was gunshots, that you got up, that he got up, You sat on the bed, you saw the lights on, what happened then?
AS : I said first to my husband to maybe not go out as we didnât know where the shots were coming from [03:04] and then it was moments after the shots I heard a lady screaming. Terrified, terrified screaming. We went out onto the balcony to see if we can ascertain where the screaming was coming from, but we couldnât, we could only still see the 2 houses, the lights were on [03:06]. We then moved onto the bigger balcony [03:07] as we do have a better view from there, um, the screaming at that stage just continued, it didnât stop during that period that we were walking out. I said to my husband it sounds to me as if there is a family murder, why else would a woman scream like that âcos she really sounded terrified. [03:09] He then said that well then heâs going to go and help âcos there could be children involved [03:10]. At one stage it sounded to me as if the screams were coming closer and I said to my husband is there someone not coming down the street screaming? [03:11]. I said to him I wonder which house it was coming from and he said well there was a man moving in the house on the left hand side [03:12]. So at that stage he went inside as we decided to get help [03:13]. He walked inside, tried 10111 which we could not get through [03:14/15]. I then decided I must maybe go and help with my own phone as he was trying to get dressed [03:16] trying to phone, everything at the same time. And as I turned to go in I again looked at the clock radio and then it said 03:17 â real-time 03:14/15.
Our clock radio is usually about 3 -4 minutes fast so itâs not the exact time. So, and then just as I went inside we heard 3 more shots [03:19/20 â real-time 03:16/17]. [Mike calls security 03:16:30 â after wife heard one shot, was it a 1st shot to hip at say 03:15 while Stipp was inside bedroom calling 10111? Johnsonâs call to security ends at 03:16 then hears petrified screams/shots 03:17]. My husband then screamed at me to please get away from the windows âcos we didnât know what was going on at that time. I said to him that he must maybe try another phone number âcos I know the children had an educational talk and they were given another number to try from a cell phone should they not get through to 10111. I gave him the number which obviously wasnât correct âcos it wasnât working. We then tried security [03:19/20 â real-time 03:16/17]. I cannot say exactly how long but it was a very short period after that security arrived at our house [real-time approx. 03:19 â OP is now meanwhile calling Johan Stander]. [OP standing on stairs 03:22/23, 5 minutes after head shot at 03:17, carries Reeva down as Stander arrives 03:22/3].
I then moved onto the smaller balcony to tell them that this is not the house, itâs coming from the house where the lights are on, on the left side. And they must please phone the police we couldnât get through and there were already 6 shots fired. And thatâs when they left.
Nel : Now, the screaming, could you still hear the screaming?
AS : I could still hear the screaming up until the 3rd, the second set of shots, I also heard a man screaming, âcos I remember saying to my husband âthe husband or the man is also now screamingâ. I could not hear what he was screaming, I could not make out words, but it was a definite male voice. After the second set of shots it just became quiet. I heard no more screaming either male or female.
Nel : Your evidence was that your husband told you he saw a man walking, did you see that man walking?
AS : I did not see that man walking. I am aware of that in my statement or affidavit and without consultation I said to them Iâve really thought about this and I did not see the man myself. I remember my husband saying it must be the house on the left âcos he saw a man walking past the window.
Nel : You said you also heard a man screaming
AS : Thatâs correct
Nel : Did you first hear a woman and then a man, or how was the screaming?
AS : After the first set of shots there was definitely a female screaming for quite a period, and then almost just before the second set of shots there was a male voice in between that you could definitely hear two different voices. And then the shots and then quiet.
(Run through photos)
Nel : You said that when you looked out that the light was on in the two houses opposite.
AS : Thatâs correct
Nel : Could you establish if one of the windows were open or closed?
AS : The house on the right there was no open windows. It was almost the whole top storeyâs lights were on, and then the house on the left, you could see the two sets of windows, the bigger window it looked like sliding windows and the one side was slid open. (they look at photo 925)
Nel : Are those the windows you were referring to?
AS : Yes, thatâs correct
Nel : And you said the lights were on?
AS : Thatâs correct
Nel : And you still remember which of the windows were open?
AS : If you look at the three from my side orientation it would be the left one was open (indicates on screen)
Nel : At first when you sat on the bed your evidence was that the light was on?
AS : Thatâs correct
Nel : And further on when you did whatever you did, did the condition of the light change?
AS : No, it remained on.
Nel : Now, just for completeness sake, have a look at photo 920. (AS identifies her house and OPâs house)
Nel : But then during this year on 21st Feb, there was another incident
AS : Thatâs correct
Nel : What happened?
AS : We woke up during the night from what sounded like people arguing. I asked my husband does he hear that and he said yes and I said to him thereâs just no way youâre getting up this time, weâre staying where we are. They must sort it out. But the arguing continued and he said but he canât just leave it and I said yes we can. So then the dogs started barking quite furiously so we went out to quiet them, and we went back into the house closing the balcony doors and went to bed.
The next morning neighbours of ours came to see if we could hear the commotion the previous night, we said we could but we chose to ignore it at that stage. And they said well there were people in our garden, our little bit of grass thatâs there in the front, which we then assumed would probably be sound tests.
Nel : But thatâs not all
AS : Again on the night of 17th March, morning of 18th we again woke up from what this time was screams. We could hear at that stage it was what sounded like a male screaming at a higher pitch and then at a lower pitch. I was completely annoyed âcos it was again 3.30 in the morning. So I said to my husband Iâm sure itâs sound tests again, so I went out onto the balcony and saw two males standing in our garden and I made some comments and then went back into the house.
Nel : You said it was a male screaming at a high pitch and a low pitch
AS : Thatâs correct
Nel : Now the screams you heard that night, when the incident happened, did you hear that again?
AS : No, no, not at all the same, âcos these were separate screams not a continuous screaming and this time you could almost certainly make out that it was male and the previous time was absolutely female.
Nel : Your husband went to the scene, he gave evidence, he went to the scene, he came back?
AS : He came back at around 4.20 round about then, I asked him what had happened. At that stage he wasnât very talkative because I think he was upset, he looked a bit upset, he said to me that it was the man who killed his girlfriend. So I asked him what did this man look like â he said to me well he was very muscular and he had tattoos on his back, but he didnât pay much attention to the male as his main concern was the female. So we were in bed at about 4.30/4.40 we had a call and it was Mr Stander that had called my husband to just make sure of his telephone number and he was told that he would be contacted by Oscarâs lawyer. Which we still did not put 2 and 2 together, so um, we didnât sleep any further, we tried to sleep but we didnât.
Nel : So even when your husband came back you never knew it was this accused that was involved in the shooting?
AS : Thatâs correct
Nel : When did you establish that?
AS : The next morning I am part of a chat group, a WhatsApp chat group and all the girls started sharing their Valentines mornings what their husbands or boyfriends did for them and I just said to them we had a very crappy start to ours, âcos our neighbour killed his girlfriend. So they said to me and everyoneâs response was that was terrible and I said it was and the thing that I remember the most and I donât think Iâll ever forget was the screaming.
So we then got the children ready for school, my husband left to go to work, I opened the back door for my domestic worker at 7.45 and she asked me what happened the previous night. I said to her why, did she hear it, she said yes, sheâs usually awake at about 3/3.15 talking to her husband and she heard this woman screaming. She at first thought it was a baby but going out and listening more carefully she determined that it was a woman. I told her that we had an incident across the road, so I started working at about 8am on the computer which is in the study on the other side of the house and at about 8.20 I got a call from a friend and she said to me, have I listened to the news, and I said to her no why, she says âcos I am sure that the person you were talking about this morning is Oscar Pistorius. And thatâs when I found out the first time.
Nel : Now, in this matter Mrs vdM gave evidence, did you know her before this incident?
AS : No I didnât
Nel : and also Mrs Burger gave evidence, did you know her before this incident?
AS : No I didnât
Nel : And Mr Johnson her husband, did you know them at all?
AS : No I did not.