Court update 2: Cross examination of 1st state witness.
You were reckless and you didn't do your homework, Beale's advocate tells State's expert witness
News 24
Belinda Pheto
• Professor Peter Beale is on trial for murder after three children he performed procedures on allegedly died from complications from those operations.
• Beale's advocate told a State witness he should not have agreed to testify as an expert witness because he had not done his homework.
• This after the witness admitted he did not go through every piece of information in the hospital records of one of the dead children.
An alleged biased witness, who came to court to testify, did not do his homework, made reckless comments, and contradicted the findings of a committee he was part of.
This is how the defence in the trial of a once-renowned paediatric surgeon, Professor Peter Beale, described the first expert witness called by the State to testify.
The court has ordered the name of the witness not be published.
The witness is also a respected paediatric surgeon who worked in Gauteng's private and public hospitals.
In the HPCSA ruling, Beale was found not guilty of gross misconduct related to this operation.
This week, the witness's testimony contradicted the findings of the HPCSA, and Green hammered the State witness on the contradictions.
The advocate asked the witness why his testimony in court contradicted the findings of the committee, which he was part of.
The witness said he was not the author of the
HPCSA ruling, and there were times when he did not agree with some of the findings made.
However, Green persisted, telling him he hac signed off on the ruling, which means he agreed with its contents.
Judge Thifhelimbilu Mudau interjected and told the witness when one signs something, it meant they agreed with the contents.
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What is the difference between an expert witness and an eyewitness?
Ordinary witnesses must answer the lawyers' questions and tell the judge what they saw or heard. They do not give their opinions about what happened. Expert witnesses interpret the facts of the case and give their opinions. “Bias is a term used…to describe the relationship between a party and a witness which might lead the witness to slant, unconsciously or otherwise, his or her testimony in favor of or against a party.
You were reckless and you didn't do your homework, Beale's advocate tells State's expert witness