Oscar Pistorius does not deny killing Reeva Steenkamp, but says it was a terrible mistake. Check out our clickable graphic to see his account of what happened on Valentine’s day 2013.
Barry Roux, the lawyer defending Oscar Pistorius, asks former police colonel Schoombie van Rensburg why evidence had been moved or tampered with before crime scene photos were taken.
Pictures of Oscar Pistorius standing on his blood-stained prosthetic legs, taken shortly after he fatally shot his girlfriend, are shown in court.
Does Oscar Pistorius scream like a girl? Was he arguing with Reeva Steenkamp before the shooting? And can a cricket bat sound like a gun? Just some of the key questions for Judge Thokozile Masipa.
The first officer at the scene describes finding splatters of blood at Oscar Pistorius’s home on the night he killed Reeva Steenkamp, as the first photos from the scene provoke gasps in court.
The door and bat from the scene of the killing are brought to court, as police argue Pistorius was not wearing his prosthetic legs when he broke down the door to reach his girlfriend, as he claims.
Alex Thomson
The absurd decision not to hear certain evidence in public at the Oscar Pistorius trial because it might upset Reeva Steenkamp’s family has no place in a court of law.
The testimony of Oscar Pistorius’s friend gave a glimpse into the life of the rich, white and famous in South Africa: one of fast cars, beautiful girls – and a passion for guns.
Darren Fresco, a friend of Oscar Pistorius, tells court the athlete fired a shot out of a car sunroof while he was driving, because he was angry at a police officer handling his gun.
Alex Thomson
Black Talons had such a bad press – even for a bullet – that their manufacturer stopped selling them to the public. Now the Pistorius trial sees them resurrected.
Oscar Pistorius vomits and retches in court on hearing graphic details of the injuries that killed Reeva Steenkamp. The judge banned live broadcast and reporting of the pathologist’s testimony.
The judge banned direct reporting of some of the graphic testimony on day six of the Oscar Pistorius trial But Debora Patta argues that the public has a right to hear these details.
Alex Thomson
Oscar Pistorius certainly divides opinion. And no, I am not talking about whether he is a murderer or not. I’m talking about why we care – if we do care – about this case.
Ex-girlfriend Samantha Taylor breaks down in court while giving evidence about Oscar Pistorius, saying he was rarely without a gun and that he had screamed at her and others in anger.
South Africa’s biggest trial since apartheid puts a celebrity sportstar in the dock for the murder of his model girlfriend. But the cream of the country’s legal system are also in the spotlight.