Oscar Pistorius Breaks Down Twice In Court

Written By Unknown on Senin, 14 April 2014 | 18.25

Oscar Pistorius has been accused of weeping for himself, not his tragic girlfriend, during another emotional day at his murder trial.

Pistorius broke down twice, leading to court adjournments, as he was asked to explain alleged inconsistencies in his story. 

As he began his sixth day of evidence, the athlete was immediately accused of lying in court as he was cross-examined by prosecutor Gerrie Nel.

Mr Nel told Pistorius: "Today I'm going to prove your version of events is untrue. That you tailored your version, concocted your story.

Oscar Pistorius arrives at court A woman hugs Pistorius as he enters court

"Your version is so improbable that it cannot reasonably possibly be true."

Referring to the moment Reeva Steenkamp was shot dead after hearing a noise from his toilet, Pistorius was asked: "What is your defence?"

"I heard the noise and I did not have time to interpret it and fired out of fear," Pistorius said.

Mr Nel replied: "You know exactly what you were doing, you fired at Reeva. You fired at her."

Pistorius broke down as he replied: "It's not true my lady."

Mr Nel interrupted: "Why are you getting emotional now?"

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"I did not fire at Reeva," Pistorius wept.

After a short break Pistorius returned to the witness box.

Mr Nel said: "I'm going to argue that you got emotional because you got your defences mixed up."

"No," Pistorius said.

"Getting your defences mixed up - that's why you get emotional," Mr Nel said. 

Earlier, Pistorius raised his voice in the witness box when asked to explain what he had said to the "intruders" in his bathroom on the night of the shooting. 

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Breaking down into more sobs, he shouted: "I said 'get the **** out of my house, I said get the **** out of my house'."

Pistorius, 27, spoke softly and appeared low in energy as he replied to the prosecutor's questions. 

Mr Nel asked: "Today I pick up that you are not sure about things. Is there anything wrong?"

Pistorius replied: "No."

On another occasion, Mr Nel asked: "Is there something wrong with you? You are touching your eyes."

Pistorius replied: "My eyes are sore."

Olympic and Paralympic track star Oscar Pistorius arrives ahead of his trial in Pretori Pistorius is surrounded by security as he enters the court

Mr Nel said: "Why are you touching your eyes now?"

The judge then interrupted Mr Nel, to stop his line of questioning. 

Pistorius admits shooting his 29-year-old girlfriend dead on Valentine's Day last year - but says he believed that she was an intruder.

This morning, Pistorius denied that there had been an argument before the shooting and that the model was planning to leave the flat. 

On several occasions, Pistorius was picked up on alleged inconsistencies in his evidence.

Reeva Steenkamp Reeva Steenkamp was shot in the toilet of Pistorius' home

He focused on Pistorius' court account that he had heard a door closing in the toilet - making him believe intruders may be in there.

Mr Nel said: "There's not a single word of the door shutting in your bail statement, why not?"

"I'm not sure - I don't know why," Pistorius replied.

"It's even more devastating that it's not in your plea statement," Mr Nel continued.

"I don't know why," Pistorius replied.

Reeva Steenkamp on set of reality TV show Tropika Island of Treasure (Pic: Stimulii) Reeva Steenkamp was a model and minor TV celebrity

"It's because you invented it," Mr Nel asserted.

Pistorius conceded he "made a mistake" when he said last week that he "whispered" to Ms Steenkamp to stay low on the night of the shooting.

He admitted that he "spoke in a low tone", rather than whispered. Mr Nel said Pistorius was "tailoring his evidence".

Pistorius replied: "I don't understand why I would be tailoring my evidence by saying 'whisper'."

He was also asked why he had initially said that he "heard a noise" on the night of the shooting but later changed that to "hearing a window sliding open".

Pistorius explained: "When my bail was done, I was in a holding cell, I was on medication, I was traumatised - it was not made clear to me that it was exhaustive."

During questioning, Pistorius appeared to become irritated as Mr Nel quizzed him about precise details related to items in the Paralympian's bedroom.

Mr Nel spent several minutes asking Pistorius about the significance of a blue LED light which was left on, on the night of the alleged murder. 

He also returned to quizzing Pistorius about the position of a fan in the room, as well as a pair of jeans owned by Reeva Steenkamp.

Earlier, Pistorius, 27, was greeted outside the court by supporters with white balloons and Christians, playing and singing music.

One of the supporters clung to his hand for several seconds as he walked into the Pretoria court.  

Some held banners which read 'Ozzy, we love you' and 'hero'.

Pistorius denies premeditated murder and illegally possessing ammunition in relation to Ms Steenkamp's death.

He also denies two further counts related to shooting a gun in public in separate incidents prior to the killing.


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