I have been following Oscar Pistorius' live trial for the last week and when doing some research found this video on Youtube. I have been following the trial extremely closely but I have to say I am still unsure on whether Oscar Pistorius knowingly killed Reeva Steenkamp or it was infact a mistake.
This video which shows the audio of both a cricket bat and a gun shot. Although this experiment cannot be classed as evidence as the settings are completely different, for one the video is outside when the noises that were heard were in a secluded house, secondly we do not know how Oscar hit the bat and nor do we know if he was on his stumps or prosthetic legs. However what this video does show is how similar the two sounds actually are.
I always thought a gun shot would sound much louder and sharper than the noise of a cricket bat hitting a wooden door, yet this video clearly demonstrates how the noises could be deemed the same.
The distance of this experiment is not exact to Oscar Pistorius' neighbour's house and also cannot show exactly the force Oscar used so is a very broad view but it does make you think. Could the two key witnesses Michelle Burger and her husband Carl Johnson actually have heard Oscar breaking the door down with a bat instead of the four gun shots they think they heard?
To me they are very similar. Shut your eyes and you will see just how they both merge into the same sound. The gun shots are slightly sharper and quicker, but only just and at such a difference would you really know?
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