Oscar Pistorius has displayed a great deal of emotion during his trial for the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Proceedings have been interrupted a number of times when he broke down in tears and even vomited.
Reeva's mother June, on the other hand, has sat there impassively as her daughter's killer delivered a tearful apology, betraying her emotions only when intimate text messages between the couple were read out.
In this gallery we examine Oscar Pistorius's emotions on display.
7 April 2014: Oscar Pistorius breaks down in tears as he says sorry to the family of Reeva Steenkamp. He said: "There hasn't been a moment since this tragedy happened that I haven't thought about your family. I wake up every morning and you're the first people I think of, the first people I pray for. I can't imagine the pain and the sorrow and the emptiness that I've caused you and your family."Reuters7 April 2014: Reeva Steenkamp's mother June looks on stony-faced as Oscar Pistorius claims he was simply trying to protect Reeva.Reuters25 March 2014: June Steenkamp weeps as intimate text messages between her daughter and the man who killed her are read out in court. The messages revealed pet names they used for each other, including "Boo", "Baby" "Baba" and "Angel".Reuters25 March 2014: Oscar and his sister Aimee are hugged by their aunt LoisAFP24 March 2014: Oscar Pistorius walks past Reeva Steenkamp's June as he makes his way to the dockReuters24 March 2014: Pistorius cries as text messages between him and Reeva are read. Captain Francois Moller told the court that 90% of the messages were loving, with a few notable exceptions.AFP24 March 2014: Oscar Pistorius leaves court after text messages between him and Reeva Steenkamp were read out during his trial. One of the messages from Steenkamp read: "I'm scared of you sometimes and how you snap at me and how you will react to me"Reuters19 March 2014: Amy Pistorius hugs her brother during his murder trialAFP18 March 2014: Oscar Pistorius has tears running down his face cries as police ballistics expert Captain Christiaan Mangena describes Reeva Steenkamp's injuriesAFP18 March 2014: Pistorius mops his tears after the ballistics expert concluded that the athlete was standing on his stumps when he shot Steenkamp through the toilet doorGetty14 March 2014: Oscar Pistorius leans back after applying eye drops as he prepares himself for another day in the dockReuters13 March 2014: Oscar Pistorius vomits after seeing a gory image of Reeva Steenkamp taken after he shot her. The image had not been intended for display in the court at that timeGetty12 March 2014: Oscar Pistorius reacts as his cricket bat and the toilet door through which he unleashed the hail of bullets which killed Reeva Steenkamp is presented at his murder trial. Police officer Lt Col Vermeulen said the marks on the door made by Pistorius with the bat indicated the disabled runner did not have his prosthetic legs on when he smashed the door.Reuters10 March 2014: Oscar Pistorius vomits repeatedly into a bucket as forensics expert Professor Gert Saayman describes Reeva Steenkamp's injuries in graphic detailReuters10 March 2014: Pistorius holds his head in his hands as Professor Saayman describes how the 29-year-old model was hit three times by bullets which are designed to "open up, flatten out and mushroom when striking human tissue."Reuters10 March 2014: Pistorius talks to his lawyer Barry Roux, who was asked by Judge Thoozile Masipa if his client was "fine". Roux replied: "He's not fine but he's not going to be fine. He's having some difficulty. He's very emotional but it's not going to change."Reuters
