Oscar Pistorius trial: Week five round-up
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Oscar Pistorius's murder trial resumed this week after a 10-day break with the Paralympian finally taking to the stand.
For two days he gave emotional testimony responding to questions from his own lawyer Barry Roux. Then prosecutor Gerrie Nel began his interrogation of the athlete, who denies deliberately killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in the early hours of Valentine's Day last year.
Here is how our reporters covered the big moments, via tweets and video reports, in the fifth week of the trial. You can follow the coverage next week via our correspondents in Pretoria on Twitter here, external.
Day 16 - Monday 7 April
The prosecution aggressively cross-examined the pathologist Jan Botha called by Oscar Pistorius' defence team
Mr Nel repeatedly tried to lure pathologist Professor Jan Botha into contradicting himself
Reeva Steenkamp's mother remained impassive as Mr Pistorius apologised for her daughter's death
Oscar Pistorius: "I'm scared to sleep... I have terrible nightmares"
In the wake of Reeva's death, Mr Pistorius said he no longer wanted to handle firearms himself
Day 16 of Oscar Pistorius' trial in 60 seconds
Day 17- Tuesday 8 April
Questioning turns to the evening of the shooting
The couple were going to exchange Valentine's gifts the next day but planned to spend a quiet night in
Oscar Pistorius' lawyer asked the athlete to stand next to the toilet door, which is in the courtroom, on his stumps
The court was adjourned as Oscar Pistorius was overcome by grief
Oscar Pistorius trial day 17 - in 60 seconds
Day 18 - Wednesday 9 April
Gerrie Nel begins his cross examination of the Olympic athlete
Oscar Pistorius told prosecutor Gerrie Nel that he "made a terrible mistake"
The court was shown a Sky News report showing Pistorius at a shooting range
The bail application said Mr Pistorius went out on the balcony to collect the fans, but he says he did not step outside when he moved them inside
Oscar Pistorius sobbed while recounting the moments of the shooting, as Andrew Harding reports
Day 19 - Thursday 10 April
Oscar Pistorius trial day 19 - in 60 seconds
Day 20 - Friday 11 April
Oscar Pistorius responds to a question about why he did not report an incident when he was chased by a Mercedes and an alleged assault
Oscar Pistorius: "At no point did Reeva shout out or scream"
The last exchange between Gerrie Nel and Oscar Pistorius before the court adjourned at lunch until Monday