Oscar Pistorius was the target of relentless and 
combative questioning Wednesday as the 
prosecutor in his murder trial tried to rattle the 
runner about the night he shot dead his model 
girlfriend. 
Vowing to "get to the truth" of the events that took 
place on Valentine's Day last year, prosecutor Gerrie 
Nel began a blistering cross-examination of the
 Olympic sprinter in the case that has gripped South
 Africa. 
"You shot and killed her. Say it -- 'I shot and killed
Reeva Steenkamp,'" Nel told Pistorius. The prosecutor immediately boxed the double-
amputee athlete into a corner in what his defense
 team described as an "ambush," by asking him 
about a video showing Pistorius shooting a
 watermelon at a gun range. 
No one disputes that Pistorius killed Steen kamp.
But the prosecution is trying to prove beyond a
reasonable doubt that he did so knowingly and
 intentionally. The 27-year old has admitted to the killing but said
 he had mistaken Steen kamp for an intruder in the
bathroom when he fired through the door and
 killed her. 
Before Nel went after Pistorius, Barry Roux -- the 
runner's defense lawyer -- had tossed his client a 
question to drive that argument home. He asked 
Pistorius if he had intentionally killed Steenkamp. "I did not intend to kill Reeva or anybody else for
 that matter," Pistorius replied. Later in the proceedings, as Nel probed him further,
Pistorius insisted he thought he would be attacked
 when he heard noise coming from his bathroom 
that night. "I had a fear, I didn't have time to think, I 
discharged my firearm ... I didn't intend to shoot at
anyone, I shot out of fear.
I think this dude is mentally deranged, imagin saying he didnt intend to kil anyone but he shot the gun without aiming well..  I might not know how to shoot a gun but the action movies i watch shows that there specific places to shoot a person without killing them like the leg and hands...
His just a pathethic liar!!!!!
 
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