South Africa

As David Moyes licks his wounds, a victim of his predecessor’s success, Channel 4 News would like him to take heart – there are many who have been forced to live in the shadow of “giants”.

The forensic expert called to give evidence by Oscar Pistorius’s lawyers says in a Facebook post that he fears for his professional reputation after three days grilling by the prosecution.

The prosecutor in the murder trial of Oscar Pistorius ends his five-day cross-examination of the double amputee, with a summary of how he shot Reeva Steenkamp, insisting he killed her deliberately.

At the trial of the South African athlete Oscar Pistorius, prosecuting counsel Gerrie Nel accuses the “blade runner” of tailoring his evidence to escape conviction. Debora Patta reports from Pretoria.

In another tough day of cross-examination, Gerrie Nel – “the bulldog” – claims Oscar Pistorius knew Reeva Steenkamp was behind the toilet door when he shot her dead on Valentine’s Day last year.

Gerrie “the bulldog” Nel accuses Oscar Pistorius of being a self-obsessed bully who blamed Reeva for any problems and forces Pistorius to admit that he had no reason to shoot.

The chief prosecutor pulls no punches, forcing Oscar Pistorius to take responsibility for killing Reeva Steenkamp and to look at photos of her bloodied head, as the feisty cross-examination begins.

Oscar Pistorius: “I made a mistake.” Chief Prosecutor: “You killed a person, didn’t you?” The cross-examination begins, with Gerrie Nel, nick-named “the bulldog”, in fighting form.

Oscar Pistorius, South Africa’s “blade runner”, breaks down in court as he describes the moments he beat through his toilet door with a cricket bat and saw Reeva Steenkamp’s body.

Oscar Pistorius breaks down in court, sobbing uncontrollably, as he recalls “the moment everything changed” – when he fired four shots through the toilet door, killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

Oscar Pistorius tells a South African court that he never wants to handle a firearm again and he suffers from nightmares, as he takes the stand in his trial for the alleged murder of Reeva Steenkamp.

Oscar Pistorius has taken the stand in the Reeva Steenkamp murder trial. How he performs will either make or break the case for him. Debora Patta takes stock of events in court so far.

The British man accused of plotting his wife’s murder while on honeymoon in South Africa will fly there tonight after losing a three-year legal battle to stay in Britain. What happens now?

Oscar Pistorius and his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp were a “loving couple”, the athlete’s murder trial hears. Debora Patta updates on the latest from the court in Pretoria.

Three weeks in, the Oscar Pistorius murder trial has already heard key evidence from prosecution witnesses. Check out our interactive graphic to compare Pistorius’s account with his neighbours’.