mr. pistorius screams as he pitches his voice, if he sounds like a woman, what would happen?t is not true, my lady. my lady, i do not think the evidence is that she screamed so she couldn't take it further. i ask that we open the second hyperlink. i'll put it to you that ask at the moment we will call the court the surprise of him screaming and it sounds just like a woman. that answer is very important. because i heard like i recall a woman scream. intermingled also the man. so, the witness said i believe the screaming of two voices, two tones, he's saying, no, i don't believe it. they will call a witness. that never happened. that never happened. so that answer, am i to believe they were screaming in two tones of two voices in surprise should be accepted. there, my lady, we deal with the similarity of the sounds of batting in the door and a gunshot. my lady, there at least was an attempt to produce something, but i say with the most respect, a very weak attempt. my lady, that attempt was the test that volmerance, dixon and their wives and everybody congregated at the shootin

mr. pistorius' home. referring to the prosecution argument against the defense's case, mr. he was not suggesting there was police conspiracy. >> mr. nel made submission yesterday yesterday. the police would have moved the fan, the duvet. i said to you yesterday that's not the case. we do not say it was conspiracy. we simply say that they must have inadvertently moved because they could not and would many not appreciated at the time the importance of the fan and duvet. we're not alleging conspiracy. >> mr. roux went on to talk through the moment oscar pistorius shot through the toilet door without, as the defense claims, realizing it was his girlfriend behind it. >> now you're standing at the door. you're as a ruvulnerable. you're anxious. you're trained as an athlete to react to sound, sprinters. we all know it. you're trained. take all factors into account. he stands with his finger ready to fire if necessary. and he stands there and then -- i made the noise loud. >> barry roux for the defense of oscar pistorius. a verdict expected in some where between one and four weeks

mr. pistorius over the shooting of his girlfriend reeva steenkamp. at one point mr. ave his story that pistorius shot through the door without realizing who was behind it. >> now you're standing at the door. you're vulnerable. you have the effects of slow burn over many years. you're anxious. you trained as an athlete to react to sound, sprinters. we all know it. you train. this is all those factors into account. he stands now with his if anything her ready to fire if necessary. he stands there and then -- i made a noise louder. >> let's take you now to the bbc milton following this trial weeks and months. i joins us today. what else did you hear that was key? >> reporter: what was happening today is that barry roux tried very hard and spent a lot of time discrediting the evidence which was given by the neighbors who said they heard a woman scream and heard the gunshots. he was referring to the doctor and his wife who said they were woken up by screams and gunshots. he tried to discredit their evidence. he spoke about the food that was found by the pathologist in reev

mr. pistorius walked down the corridor, fired the shot and called bullet holes a good group of shots.n other words, they were not kwield wild or targeted one area of the door. he said it was a controlled person doing that. he said oscar pistorius cannot claim he had mental disorder and simply at the time when he was pulling the trigger. we also know that reeva steenkamp's father is here in court for the very first time. he is with his wife. they're both here. and hank pistorius, oscar's father was also in the courthouse today for the first time. >> milton, there's so much international interest in this trial. what are the timings now. when can we expect them to wrap up? when could we get a verdict? >> reporter: our understanding is that today we are listening to closing arguments from the prosecution side. tomorrow we will have the closing arguments from the defense side. then the judge hopefully will tell us tomorrow when she will be back in court to deliver her verdict. the judgment -- the verdict. the sentencing follows after the verdict. then the appeal may follow if the accused i

mr. lynne contradict had the statement. >> gerrie nel laying out closing arguments in the case of oscar pistorius on trial for murdering his girlfriend reeva steenkamp. it's been a long three and a half hours of detailed dismantling of the defense case by mr. nel including a dismantling of the evidence provided by defense witnesses who's been highly critical of them. most of his program reserved for oscar pistorius and accused as being an appalling witness. he described vacillation of evidence. there were too many versions as to why he shot reeva steenkamp to use as value. we'll get the closing arguments from the defense friday. we'll keep a cross look here for you on bbc world news. ♪ ♪ ♪ woooooah. ♪ [ male announcer ] you're not just looking for a house. you're looking for a place for your life to happen. zillow. angieby making it easy to buyng foand schedule servicen. by top-rated providers, conveniently stay up-to-date on progress, and effortlessly turn your photos into finished projects with the angie's list mobile app. visit angieslist.com today. and it doesn't even fly. we build it in classrooms and exhibit halls, m