The defence for murder-accused Oscar Pistorius began cross-examination on Tuesday of a police analyst who compiled the last calls and internet connections made before the paralympian shot dead his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
In the High Court in Pretoria, Barry Roux SC, extracted a concession from Captain Francois Moller that Steenkamp's long internet connection which started the night before she was killed, could have been automatic updates by her device.
The 41,029 second connection -- 11.3 hours according to Roux -- which started at 8.04 on February 13, 2013, could also have been because a social media site was still running.
Moller said the data indicated there was a communication but the type of communication was not specified.
"It does not mean that there is human interaction," he said.
Roux asked if the same would apply to Pistorius's communication on the morning of February 14.
"It can be any one of a lot of things," he said.
He said earlier that one of Pistorius's phones was used for an internet connection at 1.48am on February 14, shortly before he shot Steenkamp dead in his bathroom in Pretoria.
The connection lasted for 309 seconds -- five minutes and 15 seconds, according to testimony by Moller.
Pistorius has been charged with the premeditated murder of Steenkamp and contraventions of the Firearms Control Act.
He allegedly fired a shot from a Glock pistol under a table at a Johannesburg restaurant in January 2013.
On September 30, 2012 he allegedly fired a shot through the open sunroof of a car with his 9mm pistol while driving with friends in Modderfontein.
Oscar trial: Roux cross-examines phone analyst
The defence for murder-accused Oscar Pistorius began cross-examination on Tuesday of a police analyst who compiled the last calls and internet connections made before the paralympian shot dead his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
In the High Court in Pretoria, Barry Roux SC, extracted a concession from Captain Francois Moller that Steenkamp's long internet connection which started the night before she was killed, could have been automatic updates by her device.
The 41,029 second connection -- 11.3 hours according to Roux -- which started at 8.04 on February 13, 2013, could also have been because a social media site was still running.
Moller said the data indicated there was a communication but the type of communication was not specified.
"It does not mean that there is human interaction," he said.
Roux asked if the same would apply to Pistorius's communication on the morning of February 14.
"It can be any one of a lot of things," he said.
He said earlier that one of Pistorius's phones was used for an internet connection at 1.48am on February 14, shortly before he shot Steenkamp dead in his bathroom in Pretoria.
The connection lasted for 309 seconds -- five minutes and 15 seconds, according to testimony by Moller.
Pistorius has been charged with the premeditated murder of Steenkamp and contraventions of the Firearms Control Act.
He allegedly fired a shot from a Glock pistol under a table at a Johannesburg restaurant in January 2013.
On September 30, 2012 he allegedly fired a shot through the open sunroof of a car with his 9mm pistol while driving with friends in Modderfontein.
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