I totally agree  

Reeva's mum has broken down now 

Heart breaking for the woman.

Reeva's mum visibly upset now 

it must be heartbreaking for her to hear the last moments of her daughters life 

it was never going to be easy to hear how her baby died   it will only be made worse as it's dragged out 

think we're going for lunch 

can;t see the cross examination starting today. 

Lunch

off to potter about...I'll be back after lunch 

  we'll be lucky to get to it tomorrow at this rate 

totsiens 

Can't have the world watch a mothers heart breaking in the court room, to damaging for OP.

think that's why Roux called for lunch 

I just sent Jeremy Thompson on Sky news a tweet about his pronunciation of prosthetics - let's see if he responds 

If Nel doesn't come up with the smoking gun, I'm still not persuaded with the premeditated verdict...although there is no doubt he should be found guilty of Culpable Homicide and he should get some jail time. Although this is SA and he could walk free and that in itself would be an injustice. I also think he's a liar and a control freak...but premeditated murderer I'm not convinced about as yet.  

oh and one more thing...if it was pitch black how did he see Reeva's jeans on the bedroom floor? 

So if he screamed at the person in the toilet sure Reeva would have replied??

WHAT a lunch break - now !!!!

That's one bit I'm not making sense of...he shouted to Reeva, got no reply and then heard the toilet door shut...could she have ran in there scared out of her wits and he not think for one nano second it could be her 

#OscarPistorius Just as I left my bed, I whispered for Reeva to get down and phone the police'

#OscarPistorius Colleague just pointed out OP testified he waited til 'Reeva's b-day on Aug 18' to ope the Val Day present she'd left him..

#OscarPistorius But Reeva Steenkamp's b-day is on August 19 - and he appeared in court that day accused of her murder

yes I read this Erin, he didn't even get her birthday right...I do find nothing planned for Valentines day unusual too...so massively in love, totally besotted and no plans 

back 

darn it I nipped to the post office to send a birthday pressie and get some sweetners and thought I'd be back in time - what have I missed?

if he was screaming in the bathroom...surely Reeva would know he was in close proximity and say I'm in here 

not a lot...but he had time to think about his options...doesn't bode well for his defence when he had time to think what to do!

you would have though eh

the other thing that I think will damn him and I'm erring on culpable homicide here is the bullets used.  If you wanted a gun for self defence - you would usually fire a warning shot anywhere but at the person and only shoot if they moved towards you?  But those bullets were designed specifically to cause maximum injury if not instant death as they expanded so why have them loaded? 

ok...I'm finding this part difficult to believe 

I totally agree...and if you watch the youtube video of him on the firing range I could well imagine why he bought them Pengy. 

I'm feeling more sorrow for Reeva's family than I am at the minute for him...sorry but I am 

apparently her and the Meyers are staring straight ahead no tears 

yes I saw her...but how traumatic for them and I have no doubt that OP is devastated. whether he is guilty or not, he must had massive regrets 

I agree   think we're going to see a lot of breakdowns especially when Gerrie Nel gets a go at him 

that's it finished for the day by the looks of it 

oh yes I also think and this is just me, Reeva's mother is showing no emotion because its OP's testimony. That's it for the day...the psychologist will have stepped in.

I suppose I have do do some ironing now   Thanks for the company Pengy...see you tomorrow 

mine's piling up nicely   I need to go and work on an essay that is due tomorrow