Pistorius ‘torn apart’ after shooting

Oscar Pistorius’ murder trial resumed yesterday with a neighbour and friend giving a heart-wrenching account of discovering the "broken" athlete coming down the stairs, holding his dead girlfriend in his arms.

After a two-week break in the trial, the defence called Johan Stander, the first man to arrive at the scene after the Paralympic gold medallist shot his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine’s Day last year.

“Oom [Afrikaans for uncle] Johan, please, please, please come to my house, I shot Reeva,” Stander says Pistorius told him over the phone.