Oscar Pistorius Murder Trial -Horrific Pictures Shown in the Court

Oscar Pistorius denies murder, saying he shot his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp by mistake through the door, fearing there was a dangerous intruder in the house. 

The prosecution says he intentionally killed her after an argument.

Horrific pictures following the trail of blood through Oscar Pistorius's house were shown at his murder trial today - including one of his girlfriend's corpse that made the athlete throw up in the dock.
The court was guided through dozens of graphic police photographs from the Paralympian's cocked 9mm pistol he used to kill Reeva Steenkamp to the blood-splattered bathroom where she was shot.
Blood was found on the floors, walls, stairs and chairs by one of two police officers who arrived on scene to find Pistorius in a 'very emotional' state in the aftermath of the killing.
An image of Miss Steenkamp's blood-covered body and skull was also accidentally displayed on the court monitors when the operator was scrolling through the pictures.
It brought gasps from the public gallery and Pistorius began violently retching before being handed a green bucket which he vomited into repeatedly.

Oscar Pistorius was physically sick in the dock after horrific images of his girlfriend's blood-splattered body were accidentally shown in court

picture of the 9mm pistol used to kill Miss Steenkamp

The cricket bat Pistorius says he used to break down the toilet door after he shot Miss Steenkamp is seen next to a blood-soaked towel on the bathroom floor

image shows the bathroom where Pistorius fired the fatal shots and the toilet in the background where Miss Steenkamp was hit by three bullets

This picture of Pistorius's blood-stained prosthetic legs was used by his defense lawyer in a bid to show that the athlete was wearing them, as he says, when he broke down the toilet door with a cricket bat

Blood stains can be seen on the staircase near to where Miss Steenkamp's body was found

Colonel Johannes Vermeulen of the South African Police Service stands in court in front of the toilet door through which Pistorius shot Reeva Steenkamp

The prosecution now says Pistorius first hit the door with a bat in an effort to get to Miss Steenkamp, then shot through the door.
But in another crucial endorsement of the defence's case, Col Vermeulen testified that the athlete broke down the door only after he fired his weapon.
'I would say the door was hit after the shots,' he told the court.

Forensic analyst Colonel Johannes Vermeulen stands in front of the toilet door through which Oscar Pistorius shot Reeva Steenkamp while holding the cricket bat the athlete then used to break it down

The re-enactment is critical to the case as it tests the athlete's assertions about exactly what happened on the night he killed Miss Steenkamp in his bathroom on Feb 14,2013