Pistorius 'feared intruder attack'

The chief defence lawyer for Oscar Pistorius is delivering final arguments in his murder trial, alleging the athlete thought he was in danger when he killed girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

At one point, lawyer Barry Roux slapped his hand on the desk in front of him to mimic a sound that the double-amputee runner said he heard on the night of Ms Steenkamp’s death. Such an alarming sound, Mr Roux argued, explains why Pistorius thought an intruder was in his home and that he had to defend himself by opening fire.