Oscar Pistorius: Reeva Died In My Arms

Oscar Pistorius has described the moment Reeva Steenkamp died in his arms after he frantically tried to stop her bleeding.

Pistorius described desperately carrying the model down the stairs of his home and to an ambulance, with his fingers in her mouth and hand on a wound on her hip. 

Asked by his barrister whether he intended to kill his girlfriend, Pistorius responded: "I did not intend to kill Reeva or anyone else for that matter." 

The denial came minutes before prosecuting barrister Gerrie Nel began cross examination - immediately going for the jugular.

June Steenkamp, Reeva's mother, watches today's proceedings

Mr Nel, known as the "pit bull", asked Pistorius about shooting his girlfriend dead.

"Won't you take responsibility, take responsibility, say 'I shot and killed Reeva Steenkamp'," he said.

Pistorius replied: "I did. I made a terrible mistake."

A legal battle then blew up about whether the prosecution would be allowed to show a Sky News video featuring Oscar Pistorius at a gun range - something the defence called "an ambush".

Earlier, speaking of the seconds after discovering her body in the toilet, Pistorius said he initially thought she did not have a pulse - but then felt her breathing.  

He told the court today: "She was sitting with her weight on top of the toilet bowl. I checked to see if she was breathing and she wasn't.

"I pulled her weight on to me and I sat there crying for some time. I felt her head on my shoulder and I could feel the blood running down me. 

"I thought I felt her breathing. I could see her arm was broken.

"I was trying to pick Reeva up. I could see she was still breathing. She was struggling to breathe." 

Pistorius said that he rang 911 and also security - but did not remember either call clearly.

"After I got off the phone with 911, I ran downstairs to open the front door. I could barely pick Reeva up. I opened the front door.

"I ran back up to my room. I went back to the bathroom and tried to pick up Reeva.

Oscar Pistorius said Reeva died in his arms

"I got to the second flight of stairs. I was shouting and screaming for help in getting her to the hospital."

Pistorius said he was told to put Reeva down as neighbours told him that an ambulance was on its way.

"I just sat there and waited for the ambulance to arrive. I had my fingers in her mouth to help her breathe. I had my hand on her hip to try and stop the bleeding.

"Reeva had already died when I was holding her so I knew there was nothing the ambulance could do.

"Then the paramedic came to me and said she would like to inform me that Reeva had passed.

"The paramedic asked me if there was some form of id. I went to get Reeva's handbag."

Pistorius said that police officers then arrived and checked the house to see if anyone else was there.

Pistorius has broken down several times since the start of the trial

"I asked the policeman if I could wash my hands because the smell of the blood was making me throw up. I washed my hands and face."

The athlete was later taken to the police station and arrested over the death. Afterwards he was taken to hospital where doctors conducted tests on him.

In dramatic scenes, Pistorius then demonstrated in court how he tried to break down the toilet door with a cricket bat "using his entire body".

Swinging the bat, he said: "I hit the door with all my might."

Yesterday, Pistorius wept uncontrollably in the dock as he described shooting dead his girlfriend, claiming he though she was an intruder.

The court case was halted for the day because the 27-year-old Paralympian was unable to continue giving evidence, wailing in court: "She was everything."

Today, if time allows, he faces cross-examination from prosecuting barrister Gerrie Nel - who is known as the "pit bull" in South Africa.

Mr Nel is famed for securing the conviction, for corruption, of the country's former police commissioner, Jackie Selebi.

Selebi's defence crumbled during a marathon eight days of cross examination.

This morning, Pistorius continued being questioned by his defence barrister, Barry Roux .

In emotional scenes yesterday afternoon, Pistorius collapsed into tears and was consoled by his sister Aimee and one of his lawyers who rushed through the courtroom to his side.

The athlete's emotional breakdown failed to move June Steenkamp, Reeva's mother, who stared, stony-faced at the defendant, as he was consoled by family and friends.

Pistorius recounted the events of the evening in fine detail as he sought to persuade the judge that Reeva's death was a terrible mistake.

He denies premeditated murder and illegally possessing ammunition and two further counts related to shooting a gun in public in separate incidents prior to the killing.

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