Oscar Pistorius testimony contuines: Live Tweets

#OscarTrial. Oscar finally leaves the stand. Court stands down to 12.15 so that Roux can confer with the next witness. – ^ID

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#OscarTrial. On day of incident Reeva wrote Oscar a Valentine's card in which she said she loved him. – ^ID

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#OscarTrial. Oscar was “fairly emotional” when tests were done, he was asked to scream. – ^ID

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#OscarTrial. Oscar: the whole situation was an accident, it wasn’t meant to be. – ^ID

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#OscarTrial. Roux starts re-examination of Oscar, who says he did not consciously pull the trigger, was terrified, feared for him, Reeva. –

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#OscarTrial. Oscar hugs his sister after Nel finally finishes cross-examination six grueling days later. – ^ID

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#OscarTrial. Nel: there was an argument, you armed yourself with intention to shoot her and knew she was behind door. Oscar: No true. – ^ID

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#OscarTrial. Gerrie Nel asks for 5 minute break so he can confer with his team behind him. – ^ID

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#OscarTrial. Nel suggests Oscar struggled with his version up to shooting because he made it up. He denies it. – ^ID

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#OscarTrial. Nel: I would have expected you to scream when you saw Reeva in the toilet. Oscar: I did not. I was broken when I saw her. – ^ID

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#OscarTrial. Oscar looks at photos of bloodied crime scene, recalls finding Reeva’s bloodied body without retching, sobbing. – ^ID

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#OscarTrial. Oscar says he pulled Reeva on top of him when he realised she was breathing, tried to pick her up. – ^ID

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#OscarTrial. Oscar says Reeva was not sitting on the magazine rack, was on floor with her arm over toilet, head on shoulder. – ^ID

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#OscarTrial. Oscar says how he found Reeva on floor, head on shoulder, arm over toilet. – ^ID

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#OscarTrial. Oscar asked to demonstrate where he stood when he hit door with cricket bat, to make a swinging movement. – ^ID

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#OscarTrial. Oscar says he shoulder-charged door, tired to kick it down with loaded gun still in his right hand. – ^ID

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#OscarTrial. Nel: You’re constantly thinking of a version. Oscar: That’s not true my lady. – ^ID

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#OscarTrial. Nel, Pistorius wrestling if sound of magazine rack moving in toilet was “a noise”, why he fired. – ^ID

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#OscarTrial. Roux says after 16th trial will have to be postponed for heads of argument. – ^ID

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#OscarTrial. Gerrie Nel says he will finish Oscar’s cross-examination today. – ^ID

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#OscarTrial. Barry Roux says they support the state’s postponement application. Trial will probably run until 16 May. – ^ID

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#OscarTrial. State asks for a two week postponement until 5 May, says there are other trials which deserve preference, private arrangements.

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