'Did Reeva scream?'

Oscar Pistorius' three-day cross-examination reached a dramatic climax on Friday when a prosecutor challenged the double-amputee sprinter repeatedly as to why his girlfriend failed to scream when she was shot four times through a toilet door, saying it was beyond belief that she would not scream.
Pistorius, who says he fired at what he thought was an intruder, said Reeva Steenkamp did not scream at any point in the incident in the early hours of Feb. 14, 2013 -- a central pillar of his defence.
However, the 27-year-old track star was forced to concede that he may not have heard her cries because of his ears ringing from the first shot. Several neighbours have testified to hearing a woman's terrified screams before and during a volley of shots.
Nel later followed up with his central accusation -- that the couple had an argument and 29-year-old law graduate and model Steenkamp fled to the toilet pursued by Pistorius, who then shot her through the closed wooden door. Pistorius denied it, his voice wavering with emotion, before the court adjourned until Monday morning.