Updated: March 03, 2014, 12:00 AM
In pictures: Paralympian Oscar Pistorius murder trial begins in South Africa
Oscar Pistorius, right, speaks with his lawyer Barry Roux in court on March 3, 2014, as his murder trail begins. Herman Verwey / AFP photo
South African Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius passes the mother of his late girlfriend, June Steenkamp, second from right, as he arrives in court for the start of his murder trial on March 3, 2014. Themba Hadebe / EPA
June Steenkamp, left, mother of the deceased, glances at Oscar Pistorius, foreground, as he sits in the dock on March 3, 2014. Themba Hadebe / EPA
The media mill outside North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria, South Africa, on March 3, 2014, as Oscar Pistorius slips into the building another way to stand trial for the death of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.