{"id":48160,"date":"2014-03-07T14:18:21","date_gmt":"2014-03-07T12:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=48160"},"modified":"2014-03-07T14:18:21","modified_gmt":"2014-03-07T12:18:21","slug":"reeva-steenkamp-murder-trial-day-5oscar-pistorius-ex-girlfriend-athlete-cheated-breaking-news-48160","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/reeva-steenkamp-murder-trial-day-5oscar-pistorius-ex-girlfriend-athlete-cheated-breaking-news-48160\/","title":{"rendered":"Reeva Steenkamp Murder Trial Day 5:Oscar Pistorius ex-Girlfriend telling how athlete cheated with Reeva \/ Breaking News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ex-girlfriend of Oscar Pistorius broke down in court today as she described how the athlete cheated on her with Reeva Steenkamp.<\/h1>\n

Samantha Taylor told how Pistorius\u00a0once shot a bullet through a car sunroof – and on another occasion waved his weapon at a vehicle which he thought was following him.<\/p>\n

Proceedings were halted twice as Ms Taylor had to compose herself during a drama-packed morning at the Pretoria court.<\/p>\n

She told how Oscar Pistorius nearly always carried a gun and recalled one night when she was awoken by the athlete who feared an intruder in the house.<\/p>\n

The court was told how Pistorius\u00a0grabbed his gun, got out of bed and went to investigate.<\/p>\n

Ms Taylor also described occasions when Pistorius\u00a0screamed at her “out of anger” and said that he was often on his mobile phone when they were in bed together.<\/p>\n

She described another time when the athlete\u00a0became very angry when police stopped a car he was travelling in.<\/p>\n

About 15 minutes after being stopped he\u00a0fired his gun out of the sunroof – to “irritate the police”, laughing after doing so.<\/p>\n

He had earlier\u00a0joked with the driver of the car about shooting “a robot” – South African slang for a traffic light.<\/p>\n

The court was told how Ms Taylor normally spent four nights a week at Pistorius’ home.<\/p>\n

She wept, and the court was adjourned twice, as she said how “upset” she was about the couple’s break-up and the fact that she had been cheated on.<\/p>\n

Miss Taylor said that on another occasion Pistorius was followed by a white Mercedes car.<\/p>\n

She said that Pistorius\u00a0leapt out of his car as he approached the security gates of his home and waved his gun at the car, which drove off.<\/p>\n

Ms Taylor spoke after radiologist Johan Stipp\u00a0finished giving his evidence and was questioned by defence lawyer Barry Roux.<\/p>\n

Yesterday, Mr Stipp\u00a0described how Pistorius knelt at Reeva Steenkamp’s side and struggled in vain to help her breathe by holding two fingers in her clenched mouth.<\/p>\n

Mr Stipp said he went to Pistorius’ home after hearing shots fired on the night Ms Steenkamp was killed and found “a lady lying on her back”.<\/p>\n

“I also noticed a man kneeling on her side, on the left side. I remember the first thing he said when I got there was ‘I shot her, I thought she was an intruder. I shot her,'” Mr Stipp told the court.<\/p>\n

He said he did not recognise Pistorius, and described how he tried in vain to resuscitate Ms Steenkamp.<\/p>\n

“She had no pulse in her neck, she had no peripheral pulse, she had no breathing movements that she made,” he said.<\/p>\n

“She was clenching down on Oscar’s fingers as he was trying to open her airway.<\/p>\n

“I tried to do a jaw lift manoeuvre, to try to open the airway, but it was very difficult with the clenching down.<\/p>\n

“All during that time, there wasn’t any signs of life that I could see.<\/p>\n

“I opened her right eyelid. The pupil was fixed dilated, and the cornea was milky – in other words, it was already drying out.<\/p>\n

“So to me it was obvious she was mortally wounded.<\/p>\n

“I looked at the rest of her body and I noted she had a wound in her right thigh, also a wound in the right upper arm.<\/p>\n

“During that time \u2026 Oscar was crying all the time. He prayed to God to ‘please let her live, she must not die’.<\/p>\n

“He said at one stage while he was praying ‘he will dedicate his life and her life to God if she would just only live and not die that night’.”<\/p>\n

He added that Pistorius looked “sincere”: “He was crying, there were tears on his face. He was actively trying to assist her.”<\/p>\n

Sky’s Alex Crawford, who was in court, said Pistorius was openly sobbing as the evidence was given.<\/p>\n

On top of the premeditated murder allegation, Pistorius faces a charge of illegally possessing ammunition and two further counts related to shooting a gun in public in two separate incidents before the killing.<\/p>\n

He denies all the charges against him and maintains he shot Ms Steenkamp after mistaking her for an intruder.<\/p>\n

The athlete could face 25 years in jail if he is found guilty by Judge Thokozile Masipa. South Africa does not have trials by jury.<\/p>\nError, group does not exist! Check your syntax! (ID: 14)<\/span>\n

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