Oscar Pistorius 'Cheated On Ex With Reeva'

An ex-girlfriend of Oscar Pistorius broke down in court today as she described how the athlete cheated on her with Reeva Steenkamp.

Samantha Taylor also told how Pistorius once shot a bullet through the roof of a car sunroof - and on another occasion waved a gun at a car which he thought was following him.

In a drama-packed morning at the Pretoria court Ms Taylor added that Pistorius once woke her fearing there was an intruder in the house and got up to investigate with his gun. 

Court proceedings were halted twice while Ms Taylor described her relationship with the defendant on day five of the trial in Pretoria.

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Ms Taylor described occasions when Pistorius screamed at her "out of anger" and said that he was often on his mobile phone when they were in bed together.

She said that he nearly always kept a gun on him and once became very angry when police stopped a car he was travelling in.

Pistorius, who was allegedly a passenger in the car, fired his gun out of the sunroof about 15 minutes after the vehicle was pulled over by police.

Pistorius in court on the fifth day of his trial

She said that after being stopped by the police, Pistorius was "very angry" but later joked about wanting to "shoot a robot" - a traffic light. 

Ms Taylor said that after shooting the bullet through the sunroof, Pistorius laughed. The athlete wanted to "irritate the police", she said. 

The court was told how she normally spent four nights a week at Pistorius' home. 

She wept, and the court was adjourned twice, as she said how "upset" she was about the couple's break-up and the fact that she had been cheated on.

Pistorius has been accused of cheating on his ex-girlfriend

Miss Taylor said that on one occasion Pistorius was followed by a white Mercedes car.

She said that Pistorius leapt out of his car as he approached the security gates of his home and waved his gun at the white car, which drove off. 

Ms Taylor gave her evidence after radiologist Johan Stipp resumed giving evidence and was questioned by defence lawyer Barry Roux. 

Yesterday Mr Stipp described how Pistorius knelt at Ms Steenkamp's side and struggled in vain to help her breathe by holding two fingers in her clenched mouth.

Ms Steenkamp was shot dead on Valentine's Day

Mr Stipp said he went to Pistorius' home after hearing shots fired on the night Ms Steenkamp was killed and found "a lady lying on her back".

"I also noticed a man kneeling on her side, on the left side. I remember the first thing he said when I got there was 'I shot her, I thought she was an intruder. I shot her,'" Mr Stipp told the court.

He said he did not recognise Pistorius, and described how he tried in vain to resuscitate Ms Steenkamp.

"She had no pulse in her neck, she had no peripheral pulse, she had no breathing movements that she made," he said.

"She was clenching down on Oscar's fingers as he was trying to open her airway.

Pistorius' sister Aimee speaks to a member of Ms Steenkamp's family

"I tried to do a jaw lift manoeuvre, to try to open the airway, but it was very difficult with the clenching down.

"All during that time, there wasn't any signs of life that I could see.

"I opened her right eyelid. The pupil was fixed dilated, and the cornea was milky - in other words, it was already drying out.

"So to me it was obvious she was mortally wounded.

"I looked at the rest of her body and I noted she had a wound in her right thigh, also a wound in the right upper arm.

Pistorius broke down on Thursday as he heard her death described in court

"During that time … Oscar was crying all the time. He prayed to God to 'please let her live, she must not die'.

"He said at one stage while he was praying 'he will dedicate his life and her life to God if she would just only live and not die that night'."

He added that Pistorius looked "sincere": "He was crying, there were tears on his face. He was actively trying to assist her."

Sky's Alex Crawford, who was in court, said Pistorius was openly sobbing as the evidence was given.

Earlier, Pistorius' defence team said it would have been "impossible" for neighbours to hear screams on the night Ms Steenkamp died.

Lawyer Barry Roux said neighbour Charl Peter Johnson's claim that he heard gunshots followed by a woman screaming was incorrect.

Hundreds of journalists are in Pretoria covering the case

"At the time you heard the deceased, she was in a locked bathroom," said Mr Roux.

"You cannot hear it inside your house ... Even standing on the balcony, it would have been impossible to hear the screams."

Mr Johnson was giving evidence for a third day.

Both Mr Johnson and his wife Michelle Burger insist they heard a woman's screams during the shooting.

The issue of the sound of a woman screaming is a key point for the prosecution. The claims by neighbours that they heard the screams suggest Pistorius would have known it was Ms Steenkamp, rather than an intruder, as he fired.

Mr Johnson also claims he heard five or six shots on the night of the killing.

But Mr Roux pointed out that in his initial notes he wrote that he "did not count the number of shots fired".

Mr Roux said: "Three hours later you changed this paragraph, and you corrected little things.

"That is a sign that you revisited that note and amended it."

He also suggested Mr Johnson had given evidence to fit with his wife's account of the evening.

Mr Johnson said he and his wife had spoken after the incident about what had happened, but that he did not hear her give evidence or speak to her about what she said in court.

Mr Roux said: "Your interpretation today is a designed one, it's to incriminate."

On top of the premeditated murder allegation, Pistorius faces a charge of illegally possessing ammunition and two further counts related to shooting a gun in public in two separate incidents before the killing.

He denies all the charges against him and maintains he shot Ms Steenkamp after mistaking her for an intruder.

The athlete could face 25 years in jail if he is found guilty by Judge Thokozile Masipa. South Africa does not have trials by jury.

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