Roux says state didn't call closest witnesses (to OP) because they destroy state's case. (But they also contradict OP's version?)

#oscartrial Roux: Burger remained in bed - would have been difficult to hear woman screaming in closed toilet.

#OscarPistorius Roux turns to eating times. State claim RS had been awake and had meal 2 hrs before death. OP sd they were asleep then

#OscarTrial Roux: Only sleight probability of woman screaming or of Reeva eating 2 hours before her death.

Defence: State seeks to prove that Reeva ate at about 1am to show that she and OP were still awake at about 02:00....@eNCAnews #OscarTrial

#oscartrial Roux: state told us deceased had food hours before she was killed. Something happened to change that, not in the post mortem.

#OscarPistorius Roux zooming on Prof Saayman's own assertion that determining food consumption is not exact science

knew this would come up and you can't blame Barry for seizing on it 

#OscarPistorius Roux says he doesnt know if Reeva fancied midnight snack. 'I cant exclude that,' he says (inference: neither can you mlady)

OP much more alert today - must have got some sleep or not be as depressed as stated by news yesterday - he's listening intently and not a yawn in sight 

Here we have an athlete and a model, says Roux, looking to show "probability" that couple ate early then RS had snack later. #OscarPistorius

Roux: "Let's not forget that as court officials we’re also human beings."

  Schmultz alert 

#OscarPistorius Roux saying Prof Saayman's explanation 'doesnt make sense' - that they prepared food at 7pm but went to bed and ate at 1am

#OscarTrial Roux: in law, when you have an expert witness contradicted by an eyewitness, you give preference to the eyewitness.

#OscarPistorius Roux urging Judge to look at probabilities not possibilities: so model snacking at midnight on her own?

#OscarPistorius Roux says how cd he (Saayman) still recognise particles more than 10 hrs after dinner? There's no hard and fast rule

hahaha RT @anelemkumla Starved.. but waiting for Barry Roux to finish so I can take lunch at the same time they do. My life though. Smh.

I'm so with this person - think lunch is coming up in a few minutes thank Goth! 

M'Lady I think you've made your point 

adjourned till half one which is half twelve our time 

we're back - M'lady only gave them 30 minutes for lunch  she wants this finished and I'm guessing that's why she told Barry he'd made his point before lunch 

#OscarPistorius Roux saying now how the husband and wife witnesses Burger and Johnson had remarkably similar statements

#OscarTrial and we’re back. Roux continues presenting his closing arguments. BB

#OscarPistorius Roux attempting to cast doubt on both their testimony: if one is wrong then it follows the other is too (he's suggesting)

#OscarPistorius The State has relied on the couple having a late night argument. Roux asks why passing security guard didnt hear anything?

Roux said evidence can never justify the inference that OP and Reeva were arguing #OscarPistorius

I'm not going to waste time on OP and RS relationship, says Roux, praising Judge's criticism yesterday of Nel's sweeping conclusions.

#oscartrial Roux: on the relationship - it improved after 7 Feb, coupled with Valentine's card "It's time to tell you that I love you".

RT @AFCinFrance: @AlexCrawfordSky it is not up to the defense to prove innocent. it is up to the prosecution to prove guilt: Correct AC

this ^ is why I fear he will walk 

Dr Scholtz report on OP: there were no indications that relationship between Oscar and Reeva was abusive. @eNCAnews #OscarTrial

one of the psychiatrist who tested him in Weskoppies 

#oscartrial Roux: his style of conflict resolution is to talk through things. And we have CCTV footage showing them as loving couple.

Roux reads out from affidavit by Reeva's best friend Sam Greyvwnstein: "she said if Oscar asked her to marry him, she'd probably say yes"

#oscartrial Roux: one should be careful with Greyvenstein's statement - it wasn't tested in cross-examination, but supports Valentine's card

#oscartrial Roux: Yvette van Schalkwyk, social worker, came to correct picture of accused as self-centred.

  the heartbroken woman 

#OscarPistorius The social worker said 'his emotions were never about him, what was going to happen to him or whether he'd get bail'

#oscartrial Roux: when you see factors refuting a motive to kill, take that into account and say it doesn't make sense. It's not there.

Roux urges court to take note of evidence refuting that Oscar Pistorius had motive to kill Reeva @eNCAnews #OscarTrial

Roux says OP wasn't faking when upset in court, he was upset #OscarPistorius

#OscarTrial Roux: refers to the judge to Annexure G which deal with the contradictions of Van Standen and Van Rensburg.

#OscarTrial Roux refers to a quote of Van Staden’s, the mat might have moved when he “trampled” on it. That’s not how you preserve a scene.

Barry has a point 

#OscarPistorius Roux attacking the work of Col Van Rensburg and police photographer van Staden

I think again he has a point here - SAPS work is generally very sloppy.  Maybe that is down to laziness, lack of skills or them not bothering to secure a scene properly.  I think we in the UK are lucky as we have  SOCO who do a very good job and we're used to a higher standard 

#oscartrial Roux says Van Staten dodged answering questions about having colleagues, superiors on the scene, changing his evidence.

So defence case: #OscarPistorius had no motive to kill RS, reacted involuntarily due to slow burn of lifelong disability, police tampering

In a nutshell 

I love the way SAs pronounce duvet 

#oscartrial Roux: accused said he was so fixated on where deceased was that he doesn't know where the duvet was - he got criticised for that

#OscarPistorius Roux: why no blood spatter on the bed? Is it because duvet was on the bed (as OP said)?

#oscartrial Roux: it's all confusing.

No s**t Sherlock 

Roux moves to the 13 lies - 'the proverbial baker's dozen.' #OscarTrial

#OscarTrial Roux defends Oscar initially denying knowledge of the zombie-stopper - he’d just given evidence about details from the house. BB

Defence: psychiatrist panel found OP presented “with an adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood" following shooting

#OscarPistorius Roux turns to the zombie-stopper shooting video. Roux v upset it was used in the trial, says OP was asked out of blue

#OscarTrial Roux reads from gal statement agreeing that the accused never stated he was outside when he heard the noise. BB

Roux now seeks to undermine the 13 lies that Nel says OP told during his testimony, says many unfair. @eNCAnews #OscarTrial

#oscartrial Roux: he's criticised for not having a good memory now - he suffers from severe depression as he sits there, major stress...

#OscarTrial Roux moving swiftly through the items - saying he’s already dealt with the duvet on the floor. BB

#OscarTrial Roux is dealing with all of Nel's thirteen big lies of OP. Shoring up OP's responses.

#oscartrial Roux: he woke up, saw the fans were on, closed doors, then saw LED lights - can't be combined into one event.

#OscarPistorius Roux: Only one person woke up their partner on hearing noise. Sam Taylor's case was different. (RS) WAS awake

and yet while awake we're supposed to believe she didn't make a sound 

Roux says if this is a "baker's dozen" he doesn't want to eat the cookies - giggles from gallery #OscarPistorius

I'll concede that was funny 

#OscarTrial Roux: this is not a case where an accused comes up with a version two years after the incident - “there was an intruder

#OscarTrial Roux: all the evidence is consistent with an accident, a huge mistake.

#oscartrial Roux: his security concerns are all there, but Derman had tested him long before this case - his marks showed high anxiety.

Roux said he wanted to help Reeva,his actions are not consistent with a man who wanted to kill his girlfriend #OscarPistorius

#OscarPistorius Defence insists OP has a history of feeling insecure and vulnerable especially when without his prosthesis

#OscarTrial Roux: dealing with the accused state if mind during his testimony - he suffers from an adjustment order, his memory compromised.

Roux asks that these things (disorders/anxiety) are taken into account (not as an excuse) #OscarPistorius

Hola! 

Is it just me or is Barry railing at the judge condescendingly? 

#OscarTrial Roux: If OP had wanted to kill Reeva, why did he fire from corner of bathroom. Also, why did he shoot so low?

Roux says after OP fired the shots, his ears must have been ringing #OscarPistorius

#OscarPistorius Defence summary reinds Judge RS's bladder was empty suggesting she'd just gone to toilet

#oscartrial Roux: the window isn't a figment of his imagination - it was open.

#OscarTrial Roux: coming up with this elaborate version about the intruder does not reconcile with his extreme emotional state.

#OscarPistorius sits rigid in dock. Can't remember ever seeing him so still - eyes glued, or so it seems, to Roux's back.

if I was in court I'd slap him - I appreciate he's doing a job and a fairly good job imo but he's saying the same things over and over and over again - don't know if it's designed to eat in to Nel's time for rebuttal - remember M'lady said she absolutely isn't available next week 

hello by the way 

Glad its not just me then.   And yep, I keep thinking its Groundhog Trial! 

RT @karynmaughan: Roux: Reeva could have kept quiet because she feared intruders, didn't want to let them know where she was. #OscarTrial

Roux says why would Reeva shout back if she though there might be someone in the house #OscarPistorius

of course we women would never think of making a sound - not even breathing 

#OscarPistorius Roux: 'You cannot convict him of murder'

#OscarPistorius Roux now begging Judge to apply legal principles when considering case

#OscarTrial Roux: if he failed to foresee that his conduct could kill someone, then you convict on culpable homicide.

#OscarTrial Roux on eventualis: The real question did accused foresee deceased was in toilet and reconcile himself?

Did #OscarPistorius foresee that RS in toilet? asks Roux. No, his version is consistent - he thought she was in the bedroom.

#OscarTrial Roux arguing that you cannot transfer intention to kill one person to another person.

Roux says this is the pure legal question : did OP foresee possibility that RS was in loo and didn't care

I might tweet something alone those lines 

Roux says says this is a culpable homicide case at best #OscarPistorius

Spectacular closing by Adv Roux.

he has been good if not a bit repetitive but I feel that's because he wants to ram home his points and make us (and judgie) remember them so can't fault him for that 

isn't it time for a wee break? *crosses legs* 

#oscartrial Roux: in culpable homicide, also consider capacity...if you find against us, 'reasonable man' is not like every other person.

Roux urges court to evaluate Oscar Pistorius as reasonable disabled person with anxiety not the ordinary "reasonable man"

ironically so much of OPs life has been spent trying to gain acceptance as an ordinary person, now he's in trouble, he wants to be seen as the vulnerable disabled man 

Probably but Barry probably has some more rings to run around in first. 

As with Nel, you have to admire Roux's stamina - he's kept the same, relentless, forceful tone going since 9.30am. #OscarPistorius trial.

#OscarPistorius Roux: Shd he have discharged those shots as a reasonable man? if the ans is yes, thats the end of this case

#OscarTrial Roux wants a few mints to consult. He’s just about done.

I just tweeted to Andrew Harding of the BBC after he suggested Roux was impressive in his stamina that I was desperate for him to say "is this an opportune time" as I need a weebreak - just as I sent it Barry asked for an adjournment - I nearly pmsl literally 

You are Mark from BB then! 

State can ask to reply to defence argument. Unclear if that will happen. #OscarTrial

#OscarTrial Roux is arguing that Pistorius was not at all negligent in shooting, therefore not even guilty of culpable homocide

  well I suppose we knew this ^ was coming 

#OscarPistorius Roux seems to be trying to do prosecutor out of his right of reply...suggesting he had all facts before him yesterday

what I said earlier 

Shurrup Barry! 

#OscarPistorius Nel says he has two points on law. 'I have no intention to abuse the process'

Nel stands up - says he has 2 point - 1 to do with a new photograph

If state want's last word on facts - that's unfair, says Roux. Nel jumps up, and denies any such intent. #OscarPistorius

Nel objects to a new photograph that was presented by the defence team earlier. #OscarPistorius

Judge wants to ask Nel about timeline presented by defense. Is it common cause, she asks? Nel: not everything

#OscarPistorius Judge wants to know if all phone data is 'common cause' ie both sides accept them as fact. Yes, Nel replies

#oscartrial Nel says the chronology in their heads is based on phone data.

#oscartrial Judge asks if she should grant Fresco indemnity - Nel submits that he answered all questions, even if he contradicted Taylor.

#oscartrial Nel submits that indemnity can be granted, Fresco answered honestly and fully.

#oscartrial Nel says he has no problem with CCTV footage being admitted, but the photo handed in has not been proven.

#OscarTrial Nel says Roux's photo showing the extension cord ran roughshod over rules of admissability

#oscartrial Neal: we cannot ride roughshod over rules of admissibility - we do not know when that photo was taken, no meta-data on photo.

#OscarTrial Nel: is questioning the admissibility of this photo. It was not presented during the trial.

Nel says he doesn't object to the photo being handed in, he should, but doesn't #OscarPistorius

#OscarPistorius Roux insisted the State had got it wrong. Cord COULD be moved so OP's version was true

How long will Masipa need for judgement? Wonder if she will give us a fixed date.

you'd have more idea than us Davor 

Nel says Roux never explained his 2 defences #OscarPistorius

#oscartrial Nel says he never made mention of the length of the cord - it wasn't part of out baker's dozen.

board of the baker's dozen 

#oscartrial Roux reads a case relating to a photo - not objectionable to ask a witness if they recognise a scene in photo.

#OscarPistorius So Roux is up, insisting it was perfectly allowed to ask Van Rensburg about the photo he was in

because Roux thinks his evidence (VR) was contradictory and therefore mendacious? 

Masipa asks Roux about the indemnity of Darren Fresco - he says Fresco wasn't a good witness   

won't agree to indemnity 

#OscarPistorius Roux accuses Fresco of not being honest or helpful. 'I'm not saying he shd be prosecuted, but he was not full and frank'

#OscarTrial Roux does however point out that simply means its up to state to prosecute him, which seems unlikely.

Nel is back up - saying Fresco has a right to address the court - this will be done later

I think we are done at last as she's thanking both teams 

11th September 9.30 put that in your diaries