“It’s all about I Mr Pistorius” – Nel

“Thank you Mr Pistorius I’ve now got three I’s. I had training. I had to go to lunch. I had plans,” Nel told Pistorius during his cross-examination of the murder accused.

He was analysing a WhatsApp message Steenkamp sent to Pistorius in early 2013 after the couple had attend the engagement party of their mutual friend Darren Fresco.

In her message she mentions that he accused her of flirting with someone else, and said he “made a scene at the table”.

Pistorius said he had to leave the party early as he had training the next day.

“She knew that I had training… I didn’t know that she wanted to stay longer,” Pistorius said.

Nel replied: “It’s all about I. It’s all about Mr Pistorius.”

Pistorius is accused of the murder of Steenkamp in his Pretoria townhouse on February 14 last year. He shot her through the locked door of his toilet, apparently thinking she was an intruder. She was struck in the hip, arm and head.

He is also charged with contraventions of the Firearms Control Act. He allegedly fired a shot from a Glock pistol under a table at a Johannesburg restaurant in January 2013.

On September 30, 2012 he allegedly shot through the open sunroof of a car with his 9mm pistol while driving with friends in Modderfontein.

– Sapa