Oscar Pistorius' defence team has picked through the testimony of a police photographer at the crime scene.
Difficult day ... Oscar Pistorius glances sideways as he listens to ballistic evidence being given in court in Pretoria, South Africa, on day 13 of his murder trial. Source: AP
A POLICE ballistics expert has offered key testimony in the trial of South African athlete Oscar Pistorius as the court sought to establish whether he shot his girlfriend intentionally.
Reeva Steenkamp was first hit in the hip and was in a defensive position in the toilet of Pistorius's flat when the South African Paralympic star's last shot hit her head in the early hours of Valentine's Day 2013, Chris Mangena testified.
"The best probable explanation is the deceased was initially upright behind the closed door; she sustained a penetrating wound in the right side of the hip,'' Mangena said.
Family support ... Oscar Pistorius hugs his sister Aimee, right, in court in Pretoria. Source: AP
The 29-year-old model and law graduate then fell onto a magazine rack where another bullet hit her right elbow, he said.
The last bullet hit her head, clipping her raised left hand, Mangena said.
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"The deceased was seated in a defensive position,'' he said.
"The arm was lifted up, and was in front of her chest.''
"You've both hands forward, with the left and right hand crossing the head?'' asked prosecutor Gerrie Nel, mimicking the position with his own arms.
"That is correct,'' his witness answered.
The sequence of shots speaks to whether Steenkamp could have screamed during the shooting.
Heartbroken mother ... June Steenkamp, mother of Reeva Steenkamp, left, sits with African National Congress Women's League spokesperson Jackie Mofokeng. Source: AP
Witnesses have testified to a woman's terrified screams, but the defence says she was hit first in the head and therefore could not have screamed.
Mangena also testified Pistorius could have been as close as 60 centimetres to the toilet door, or as far away as 220 centimetres, when he fired.
The distance from the door could shed light on whether Pistorius fired in a panic or approached the cubicle in a calculated plan to hit his target.
The ballistics report will be key in the state's case of premeditated murder against Pistorius.
The sprinter says Steenkamp's death was a terrible accident, and that he shot her through the locked toilet door after he mistook her for an intruder when she went to the toilet.
Pistorius, 27, sat with his head in his hands, while Steenkamp's mother and relatives in the public gallery lowered their heads when graphic images of the blood-splattered bathroom were shown.
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