Originally published on March 4, 2014<br /><br />------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />Oscar Pistorius' trial entered its second day on Tuesday as the prosecution's second witness, Estelle Van Der Merwe, told the court that she heard an argument between a woman and an unknown person followed by four consecutive gunshots. <br /><br />Van Der Merwe lived one or two houses down from Pistorius. She testified that she was woken up around 1:56 a.m. by a loud argument between a woman and an unknown person. The argument lasted around an hour, but she could not determine which language was being spoken.<br /><br />"It seemed like two people, but I couldn't hear other person's voice," said Van Der Merwe. "I didn't know where it was coming from." <br /><br />She tried to block out the noise by putting a pillow over her head and get back to sleep. She later looked out her window, but failed to make out anything. She was awoken again at 3 a.m. by four consecutive "noises". Van Der Merwe turned to her husband upon hearing the noises, who confirmed that the noises were gunshots. He looked out the window, but didn't see anything. <br /><br />"You want me to describe the sounds? Bang, Bang. That's the best I can do," said Van Der Merwe. <br /><br />She and her husband then went back to bed and the husband called security. Shortly after, she heard someone shouting out loud. <br /><br />During cross examination, Pistorius' defense attorney tried to question whether Van Der Merwe actually heard an argument. She replied: "yes, I did."<br /><br />"I have no idea where the voice was coming from," said Van Der Merwe. "I was scared to walk around the other side of the building." <br /><br /><br />The defense attorney then questioned whether Van Der Merwe heard a woman or a man's voice. <br /><br />"A woman's voice is higher than a man's voice," said Van Der Merwe. "A man's voice is more like a bass."<br /><br />------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />Welcome to TomoNews, where we anima
