Pistorius forensic witness faces cross-examination
The prosecutor at the murder trial of double-amputee Olympian Oscar Pistorius is continuing his cross-examination of one of the defence’s forensic experts.
Chief prosecutor Gerrie Nel questioned materials analyst and former policeman Roger Dixon on the expert’s findings regarding Pistorius’ fatal shooting of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp last year.
Mr Dixon has offered a different sequence for the shots that killed Ms Steenkamp, contradicting testimony by a police ballistics expert and the pathologist who did the autopsy on Ms Steenkamp’s body.
Mr Nel criticised Mr Dixon for testifying in areas he had no expertise in.
Mr Dixon testified that Ms Steenkamp’s wounds show she may have been in a different position than the prosecution says when she was shot multiple times through a toilet door by Pistorius.
The athlete is charged with premeditated murder.
