Oscar Pistorius teetered pathetically on his stumps (right) in front of a packed court room in Pretoria today in a desperate bid to convince the judge he was too vulnerable to have killed his girlfriend intentionally. The athlete known as the Blade Runner looked humiliated as he was asked to remove his prosthetic limbs (seen, left, in the dock) to expose his stumps to the televised hearing which will decide what punishment he will face for murdering Reeva Steenkamp. When the strain of tottering became too much, he knelt down on a cushion before wiping his eyes with a tissue passed to him by one of his legal team. The spectacle of the one-time sporting superstar tottering across the courtroom prompted a number of relatives, fans and members of the public to break down in tears.
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