Roux asks if anyone was drinking alcohol at Tasha's restaurant when the gun discharged. Lerena says no. Roux asks if the restaurant was noisy, Lerena says yes. Roux says that Pistorius has told him that he didn't hear anyone saying that there was "one in the chamber," Pistorius wanted to look at the gun because he was considering buying a similar one.
Kevin Lerena is back on the stand. Pistorius lawyer Barry Roux begins cross-examining him.
Court is back in session after the lunch break.
Mr. Roux asks for an adjournment so they can prepare to question the witness, court will take an extended break for lunch. Judge Masipa asks to see the lawyers in her chambers before court reconvenes.
Mr. Roux says he's unprepared to question Mr. Lerena because they weren't expecting him on the stand so soon. Mr. Roux also says that Mr. Oldwage might cross-examine Lerena because Roux isn't sure about questioning a boxer, prompting laughter from the gallery.
Nothing further for Mr. Lerena from Mr. Nel
Lerena says he came forward because of inaccurate media reports saying he'd been shot in the leg by Pistorius.
Lerena also says that Pistorius asked for Fresco to tell the restaurant it was him who let the shot off because Pistorius didn't want any additional media attention.
After the shot went off, Lerena says Pistorius apologized and asked if everyone was O.K.
Lerena's toe was grazed in the incident. He doesn't know if it was from shrapnel or the bullet. There was blood on his toe.
Fresco told Pistorius that he was "one up" meaning there was a bullet in the chamber. After that a shot went off in the restaurant, Lerena says.
Lerena on what happened next: I don't know for what reason, but a gun was passed under the table. Darren Fresco passed his gun under the table to Oscar Pistorius.
Pistorius was helping Lerena with his diet and running in preparing for an upcoming fight.
The state has moved away from what happened on Valentine's Day 2013 to count three of the charges against Pistorius. Count three is a firearms charge.
This is the first witness we've actually seen. Lerena is testifying in English. He met Oscar Pistorius through a sponsor.
The next witness is called and sworn in. Kevin Lerena, a professional boxer, is now testifying.
Gerrie Nel says that during the break they tried to give Pistorius' lawyers access to the notes Charl Johnson made. Nel asks to dismiss the witness until they can access the original files. Judge Masipa agrees and Johnson is excused for now.
And just like that, we're back.
It's unclear what's causing the delay. Court was supposed to reconvene 10 minutes ago.
Roux asks for an adjournment so that he can get access to Mr. Johnson's notes. Judge Masipa grants the request. Court will be back in about 35 minutes.
Roux wants to know if Johnson discussed wanting extra security with his wife.
Roux takes the questioning back to Johnson's research into extra security.
Johnson said he told his wife he was surprised that the incident involved Pistorius.
Roux asks Johnson about the phone call with his wife after he learned the shooting was at Oscar Pistorius' house.
Johnson: After the incident, I couldn't sleep. Around 4 a.m. I went downstairs and I measured the openings on our sliding doors. I was planning on installing security gates on the sliding doors.
Roux asks Johnson about what security measures he was planning on taking after the shooting.
Roux now asking Johnson what he spoke to his neighbor about after the incident. Johnson said the neighbor told him he woke up after the last shot. Roux asks how the neighbor knew it was the last shot.
Johnson is asking where they got the times from - his statement or the cell phone provider.
Roux asks if anyone was drinking alcohol at Tasha's restaurant when the gun discharged. Lerena says no. Roux asks if the restaurant was noisy, Lerena says yes. Roux says that Pistorius has told him that he didn't hear anyone saying that there was "one in the chamber," Pistorius wanted to look at the gun because he was considering buying a similar one.
Mar. 5, 2014
