Mr Daniels appears to be a decent follow. Very courteous when he knocked at your door at 221. On his version after opening door, he respectfully stood back. #Rohde: Not aware of what he did after I entered the bathrom. Inside, I called for him. @TeamNews24
Van Niekerk says that handyman Daniels saw Susan naked
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Door moved towards inside. At that moment, in that split second, you would see her feet? #Rohde Yes. Pointing toward basin.
Daniels said he opened the door. Asked if there was resistance, he said "dit was maklik gewees".
10:28
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You had to turn the door handle from the outside? #Rohde: correct. You pushed the door toward the inside of the bathroom. You couldn't see the feet. Rohde says first time he saw the feet was when he wedged himself into the bathroom. Adv Van Niekerk looks annoyed. @TeamNews24
Van Niekerk tells Rohde that handyman Daniels denied that
there was resistance in the door
"Why would I wedge myself through a 30cm gap? It
doesn't make sense," says Rohde
10:23
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#Rohde
I can't comment on what part of Susan's foot Mr Daniels saw. Don't know
how he saw it standing behind me, facing the coffee station. I am
telling you what I did. I opened the door. Mr Daniels didn't.
10:23
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Judge once again reprimands Rohde, admonishing him not to
answer a question with a question
10:22
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I pushed the door open, says Rohde
10:20
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Daniels said he could only see Susan's legs. #Rohde: I disagree. He was behind me when I went into the bathroom; he said he facing away from the door. First thing I saw was Susan's feet pointing toward basin. @TeamNews24
#Rohde:
I had told Daniels door locked from inside. Logic would tell you there
was someone inside the bathroom. Any person wouldn't open bathroom door
when common sense says there is someone in the bathroom.
10:17
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#Rohde: I had told Daniels door locked from inside. Logic would tell you there was someone inside the bathroom. Any person wouldn't open bathroom door when common sense says there is someone in the bathroom. @TeamNews24
Any person wouldn't open a bathroom door when common
prevails that there's someone inside the bathroom, says Rohde
"According to your common sense," says Van Niekerk
10:14
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Daniels in passageway at door handle. #Rohde says he stood to his left. Daniels crouched and with a screwdriver unlocked door. #Rohde says when Daniels arrived, he told him door locked from inside. Difficult to believe he'd open. Logical conclusion is someone inside. @TeamNews24
I was the first person to go through that door, Rohde
asserts
10:11
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Logic dictates that having unlocked it, he would have opened
it
Rohde strongly disagrees
10:09
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Van Niekerk checks on the record regarding the testimony of
the door being opened
10:08
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You don't want to concede it is easy to open? #Rohde: I am not saying it's not possible. I am saying that I haven't seen it being done myself. I personally haven't done it. It hasn't been demonstrated to me. Van Niekerk says it was demonstrated at inspection in loco. @TeamNews24
Adv Van Niekerk says easy to open bathroom door from the outside. #Rohde:
Don't accept that at all. Didn't cross my mind that you could use a
teaspoon or something to open the bathroom door. I have never done it
myself.
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Just remember saying to Desmond Daniels, the handyman, that door locked
from inside. You would assume there would be someone inside the
bathroom. Logical thing to assume.
Dont' recall saying Susan was inside the bathroom.
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State: You made the call to Spier reception. Lets heara your recollection?#Rohde: I told Mavis the receptionist door was locked form the inside, could she please send someone to assist me. Can't remember exact words, that was gist of what I said. @TeamNews24
Judge Gayaat Salie-Hlophe tells Rohde not to make arguments,
but to answer the questions
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Adv Van Niekerk: Mr Daniels testified that message conveyed was 221 toilet door can't be opened. #Rohde: Direct contradiction to what Mavis the receptionist said in her affidit. She said door locked from inside. Somebody not telling the truth. Can't both be right. @TeamNews24
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