Oscar Explains Reeva Steenkamp Death
“I got home just after 6pm‚ parked my car in the driveway and I walked to the front door. Reeva was smiling and giddy and just bubbly and…I could smell this dinner that she was making and‚ you could see that she was like very excited.
“And she’d laid the table like a really beautiful layout on the table‚ with a candle‚ and we ate. And afterwards we sat at the table and chatted for quite some time.
“And then she said ‘let’s just go lie in bed we can watch something in.. in your room’.
“The air conditioning unit that was attached to my room wasn't working. They were renovating outside of the home. And so I put the fans on.
“I had been to the physio two days earlier so I had my entire right shoulder strapped with tape.
“Usually I'd sleep‚ if you're looking at the bed‚ on the right hand side‚ but I was sleeping on the left hand side. Because I couldn't put weight on my right hand shoulder.
“When I came in the room I placed my firearm on the left hand side under the bed. And then she said “come on let's go and brush our teeth” and I didn't get up immediately and she called from the bathroom [smile] and she’s like “come baba you have to brush your teeth” [chuckles]
“I’d opened my eyes. The curtains weren't drawn closed and the sliding doors were still open. Reeva had forgotten to close them. She said ‘can't you sleep baba‚ can't you sleep babs?” or something like that and I said ‘No I can't’. And I know‚ it was fairly half asleep type thing and I out up the side of me bed‚ I walked around the edge‚ corner of the bed. It was dark so I was feeling the side of my bed. I didn't have my prosthetic legs on.
“The tripod fan was in the doorway and one of the plastic fans was pretty much where the legs are of the tripod stand. So you couldn't close the doors without moving them.
“And I closed the doors.
“And by this point my back was towards the room and I got out the bed‚ Reeva was next to me‚ and I drew the blinds and the curtains and at this point it's pretty much pitch black.
“I heard this‚ this noise coming from the bathroom. It was a sliding noise of the window frame hitting the frame.
“I'd known that they broken into the house‚ not even a couple of 100 yards from us with a ladder in the middle of the night. And I immediately got panicked. And the fans the whole time are running.. I couldn't see behind me. It was pitch black in the room. And immediately‚ I freeze. This instant fear comes over me that there's somebody in the house. Somebody was actually in the process of breaking in.
“And my first thing was thinking that I need to grab my firearm. If this person has already got into the house this window’s already reopen‚ it's a matter of seconds before they’re in the bedroom. And I’m scared; I’m terrified and I get my firearm and I say to Reeva‚ I said‚ ‘call the police and get down on the floor. Call the police and get down of the floor.’ But I’m still whispering at this stage. I need to get between this intruder and Reeva. And I need to approach this person. Because if‚ I can't run away without my legs. If I sit there and wait for them and this person comes out shooting…I needed to get to a point where I’m safe‚ but also where Reeva’s safe‚ and if she's behind the bed and I can stand at the passage and look down the passage..then at least I’m between them and her.
“Basically on one of my hands‚ both my stumps and pointing the firearm. So I’m low down and I’m starting to shake and sweating and become.. Overcome with fear. And at that point I just entered into the passage and I start shouting and I start screaming get the fuck out of my house. Get out of my house. And I start screaming. And the more I start screaming the more scared I’m actually getting. The more like… the more‚ the more real this is feeling.
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