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Pistorius cross-examination: Live Report

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07:36 GMT - Start - Prosecutor Gerrie Nel is starting out, as he always has, strongly.

"Your version is so improbable that it cannot be reasonably possible," he tells Pistorius.

07:29 GMT - Reeva's mother - Reeva Steenkamp's mother June -- who must have undergone a traumatic time listening to some of this evidence -- is also in court again today.

She is sitting next to a member of the ANC Women's League.

07:27 GMT - Arrivals - Pistorius has arrived at court and is sitting in a seat by the dock.

He appears to have had a buzzcut haircut, his hair close to his head, AFP's Stephanie Findlay tells us.

His defence lawyer Barry Roux is sitting in a chair, chatting with another member of his team.

Sister Aimee has arrived to court, sitting with her aunt in the first row of the public gallery.

07:17 GMT - WELCOME to AFP's Live Report on Oscar Pistorius's fourth day of cross-examination in a trial where he is accused of murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine's Day last year.

The South African Paralympian has been facing aggressive questioning from prosecutor Gerrie Nel, who is seeking to prove that Pistorius knowingly shot his partner through a locked bathroom door at his home.

The double-amputee, who has cried and retched as he gives evidence, insists it was an accident and that he thought there was an intruder.

07:36 GMT – Start – Prosecutor Gerrie Nel is starting out, as he always has, strongly.

“Your version is so improbable that it cannot be reasonably possible,” he tells Pistorius.

07:29 GMT – Reeva’s mother – Reeva Steenkamp’s mother June — who must have undergone a traumatic time listening to some of this evidence — is also in court again today.

She is sitting next to a member of the ANC Women’s League.

07:27 GMT – Arrivals – Pistorius has arrived at court and is sitting in a seat by the dock.

He appears to have had a buzzcut haircut, his hair close to his head, AFP’s Stephanie Findlay tells us.

His defence lawyer Barry Roux is sitting in a chair, chatting with another member of his team.

Sister Aimee has arrived to court, sitting with her aunt in the first row of the public gallery.

07:17 GMT – WELCOME to AFP’s Live Report on Oscar Pistorius’s fourth day of cross-examination in a trial where he is accused of murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine’s Day last year.

The South African Paralympian has been facing aggressive questioning from prosecutor Gerrie Nel, who is seeking to prove that Pistorius knowingly shot his partner through a locked bathroom door at his home.

The double-amputee, who has cried and retched as he gives evidence, insists it was an accident and that he thought there was an intruder.

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