07:36 GMT - Cross-examination - AFP's Johannes Myburgh in court tells us that state prosecutor Gerrie Nel, nicknamed "The Bulldog", may start cross-examination today, which could be the most dramatic moment in the trial and an even more harrowing experience for Pistorius than his earlier testimony.
Nel will try to pick holes in the defence's claim that Pistorius fired four shots at the locked bathroom door after he mistook Steenkamp for an intruder. The state alleges he deliberately killed the 29-year-old aspiring actress.
07:30 GMT - Pistorius arrival - AFP's Stephanie Findlay tells us Pistorius arrived in court looking confident this morning.
Wearing a dark suit and crisp white shirt, he took a seat against the wall and started flicking through his iPhone.
The families of Pistorius and Steenkamp were in the first row of the public gallery.
Relations between the two camps are civil -- Pistorius's Aunt Lois greeted the Myers family, Steenkamp's "Johannesburg family", with a pleasant hello.
07:24 GMT - WELCOME TO AFP'S LIVE REPORT as South African Paralympian Oscar Pistorius continues to give his testimony at his murder trial in Pretoria.
A sobbing Pistorius yesterday gave a a second successive day of testimony, describing the moment he shot and killed his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp claiming he fired four shots "before I knew it".
The sprinter wept so uncontrollably as he recounted the events of the fateful night that it forced the adjournment of his trial until Wednesday.
Trembling and overwrought, the champion athlete described rushing and stumbling toward his bathroom with a gun in the dead of night on Valentine's Day 2013 after hearing a suspected intruder.
Journalists outside the courtroom this morning were talking with anticipation about state prosecutor Gerrie Nel, whose cross-examination of the athlete -- which could begin later today -- will be one of the most dramatic events of the trial.
Stay with us for live updates from reporters at North Gauteng High Court.
07:36 GMT – Cross-examination – AFP’s Johannes Myburgh in court tells us that state prosecutor Gerrie Nel, nicknamed “The Bulldog”, may start cross-examination today, which could be the most dramatic moment in the trial and an even more harrowing experience for Pistorius than his earlier testimony.
Nel will try to pick holes in the defence’s claim that Pistorius fired four shots at the locked bathroom door after he mistook Steenkamp for an intruder. The state alleges he deliberately killed the 29-year-old aspiring actress.
07:30 GMT – Pistorius arrival – AFP’s Stephanie Findlay tells us Pistorius arrived in court looking confident this morning.
Wearing a dark suit and crisp white shirt, he took a seat against the wall and started flicking through his iPhone.
The families of Pistorius and Steenkamp were in the first row of the public gallery.
Relations between the two camps are civil — Pistorius’s Aunt Lois greeted the Myers family, Steenkamp’s “Johannesburg family”, with a pleasant hello.
07:24 GMT – WELCOME TO AFP’S LIVE REPORT as South African Paralympian Oscar Pistorius continues to give his testimony at his murder trial in Pretoria.
A sobbing Pistorius yesterday gave a a second successive day of testimony, describing the moment he shot and killed his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp claiming he fired four shots “before I knew it”.
The sprinter wept so uncontrollably as he recounted the events of the fateful night that it forced the adjournment of his trial until Wednesday.
Trembling and overwrought, the champion athlete described rushing and stumbling toward his bathroom with a gun in the dead of night on Valentine’s Day 2013 after hearing a suspected intruder.
Journalists outside the courtroom this morning were talking with anticipation about state prosecutor Gerrie Nel, whose cross-examination of the athlete — which could begin later today — will be one of the most dramatic events of the trial.
Stay with us for live updates from reporters at North Gauteng High Court.
