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It adjourned again when she wept while describing problems in her relationship with Pistorius, the first amputee to run in the Olympics. Darren Fresco, a friend of Pistorius, was driving the car that was stopped by police who then asked the two men to get out of the car, said Taylor, who was in the car at the time. An angry Pistorius shouted at the officer and later, after leaving the scene, he fired the gun out of the sunroof, she said. He and Fresco were laughing at the time, according to Taylor.

Roux said Pistorius had denied the incident. Prosecutors say he intentionally killed her after an argument. Mr Pistorius claims he shot Ms Steenkamp after mistaking her for an intruder, and had not attempted to wake her before picking up his gun. If found guilty, the year-old double amputee, dubbed the "blade runner", could face life imprisonment. Friday's trial began with more testimony from neighbour Johan Stipp, who on Thursday told the court he found Mr Pistorius praying over Ms Steenkamp's body as she lay dying.

Questions again focused on his and other witnesses' testimony about the timing of various screams and gunshots. The prosecutor insisted the sounds witnesses reported do not fit Mr Pistorius' version of events, while the defence tried to draw out differences in the evidence given by the neighbours who have appeared in court so far.

Mr Pistorius again appeared distraught as the events of 14 February were recounted. The state is seeking to convince the court that Mr Pistorius and Ms Steenkamp, a model, reality TV star and law graduate, had an argument before the athlete fired the shots that killed his girlfriend.

There are no juries at trials in South Africa , and his fate will ultimately be decided by Judge Thokozile Masipa. Africa Today podcasts. This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Image source, Reuters. One of Gerrie Nel's most crucial questions for Ms Taylor came when he asked if Oscar Pistorius ever thought there was an intruder in his home when she was there - Ms Taylor described previous such incidents and said he had woken her up.

Pistorius said he had shot her through the bathroom door as he thought she was an intruder. Tribute: Pictured leaving in court, she said of his arrest: 'People must stop jumping on the bandwagon with such hurtful allegations. Os is the loving, amazing, inspirational person we know him to be'. Close: Ms Edkins, pictured this week with Pistorius' sister Aimee, offered a comforting hand outstretched to her during her brother's sentencing.

Aimee has left South Africa and has begun a new life in London. Their mothers were close and the pair were often thrown together as children.

In a frank interview, Samantha, 25, who gave evidence against Pistorius for the state at his original murder trial, claimed his ongoing contact with Jenna during their relationship had been a factor in their eventual break-up. If he was showing me a photo on his phone and her WhatsApp message would pop up — we fought over that a lot.

Jealousy: In a previous interview, Ms Taylor 25, who gave evidence against Pistorius at his original murder trial, claimed his contact with Ms Edkins during their relationship had been a factor in their eventual break-up. I often saw her name'. In a frank interview, Samantha claimed her jealousy over his ongoing contact with Jenna had been a major factor in their eventual break-up.

I often saw her name. Murdered: On the night Pistorius shot law graduate Reeva, 29, pictured he spent ten minutes chatting to Ms Edkins on his mobile phone as he arrived home, according to a book on the killing called 'Behind the Door'. Injuries: Two forensic experts released previously unseen crime scene pictures earlier this year that claim to show Pistorius attacked his girlfriend Ms Steenkamp with a cricket bat before shooting her dead left and right.

Crime scene: This photo shows the blood-soaked bathroom where Pistorius shot Ms Steenkamp in the toilet cubicle top with his 9mm pistol seen lying on a bathmat, right and the blood-splattered cricket bat.

In an email Pistorius sent to Samantha in , he admitted his lingering affection for the other woman. Emotional: Ms Steenkamp's father, Barry, broke down on the witness stand as he urged the judge to show the world pictures of his daughter's body so everyone could see the pain Pistorius had inflicted on her. Pitiful: Pistorius sobbed during the hearing as Ms Steenkamp's father said he 'must pay' for the model's murder as he addressed the disgraced athlete directly for the first time.

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