Oscar Pistorius walks on stumps in court

Oscar Pistorius removed his prosthetic legs in a South African courtroom as part of his defence team’s argument that the double-amputee athlete, convicted of murdering girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, deserves leniency when he is sentenced on July 6.

Defence lawyer Barry Roux asked Pistorius to remove his prostheses, and the former track star and Olympian, who had taken off his suit and put on a T-shirt and running shorts during a recess, then walked in front of Judge Thokozile Masipa.

The demonstration drew gasps from some onlookers in the courtroom and Pistorius became tearful.