Oscar Pistorius solemnly hugged his lawyer Barry Roux and then sat down alone in court as the defence and prosecutions teams finished their closing arguments.
The Paralympic athlete sobbed through parts of the final day as Mr Roux claimed the runner "lost everything" after shooting dead his girlfriend.
Pistorius has admitted killing Reeva Steenkamp and said he mistook her for an intruder, thinking he and the model were in danger.
Mr Roux said Pistorius had lost his sponsors, lost all his money and had not got enough to pay for legal expenses following the tragedy on Valentine's Day last year.
He argued the disabled runner should not be sent to prison but should be put under house arrest and have correctional supervision - community service.
However, prosecutor Gerrie Nel argued he should be jailed for a minimum of 10 years.
Judge Thokozile Masipa adjourned the court in Pretoria, South Africa, until next Tuesday when she is expected to hand down her punishment.
Mr Roux said Pistorius was an icon, in the eyes of South Africans, who had "lost everything", "has not earned a penny" since the shooting and "is broken".
He said his client sold his last asset - his car - to give money to the Steenkamp family.
The lawyer added he will have to live with "excruciating pain which will never go away" - that he killed his girlfriend.
Mr Roux criticised "wildest speculations" when he was first arrested on suspicion of pre-meditated murder.
He said the false claims included how Pistorius allegedly crushed her head with a cricket bat, had roid (steroid) rage, took acting lessons and pretended to have feelings for her.
Mr Roux said his client's actions when he killed her in his bathroom were "dominated by vulnerability and anxiety".
He said the double-amputee athlete was a "compromised person" when he opened fire on 29-year-old Ms Steenkamp.
Mr Roux told the court his client "did not consciously act unlawfully", though he admitted the runner had "acted excessively".
Mr Nel urged the judge to think about what happened to Ms Steenkamp, and losing a child was the "most devastating thing that can happen to a person".
He said society may lose their trust in court if Pistorius was not jailed for killing the model who died a "violent" and "horrific" death.
She had "nowhere to go, she was in a small cubicle" as she was hit by four bullets, he said.
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Gallery: Reeva Steenkamp's Life In Pictures
Reeva Steenkamp, 29, was born in Cape Town and grew up in Port Elizabeth. She went to a convent school and studied law. She was a keen horse rider until she broke her back.
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She moved to Johannesburg from Cape Town to model for Avon cosmetics. In 2012, Reeva was voted number 45 in the South African FHM 100 Sexiest Women in the World poll.
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She featured as a celebrity contestant on BBC Lifestyle show Baking Made Easy in 2012.
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The model was a keen Twitter user, and had more than 34,000 followers. She used the site to promote women's rights and empowerment.
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Her former fashion editor, Barbara Robertson, described the model as being "sweet, and down-to-earth" with the "it factor". She compared her to an "early Kate Moss".
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Reeva Steenkamp on the set of reality TV show Tropika Island of Treasure (Pic: Stimulii)
He said "we were lucky" to hear in court the voice of the victim's cousin Kim Martin - which he called a voice representing society.
Mr Nel argued her "softly-spoken" remarks imploring the court to hand down a prison term "trounced any other noise referred to".
On Thursday, Ms Martin told the judge the alternative sentence of community service while under house arrest did not seem to fit the crime.
She said Pistorius needed "to pay for what he'd done" and warned a lenient sentence would send the wrong message out to society.
She said: "My family is not seeking revenge, but to shoot someone behind a door who's unarmed and harmless needs sufficient punishment."
Pistorius, 27, could face a fine and a suspended jail sentence or up to 15 years in prison after he was found guilty of culpable homicide, the equivalent of manslaughter in the UK.
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