More Pistorius

The BBC has an article about the latest whining by Oscar:

South African athlete Oscar Pistorius is back in court in Pretoria describing events after shooting his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp (photo) in his home. During his emotional testimony, he said Steenkamp died before the ambulance arrived while he was holding her. He said he tried to help her breathe and stem the bleeding from her hip. The athlete denies deliberately shooting Steenkamp on Valentine's Day of 2013, arguing he mistook her for an intruder.
Prosecutors contend he intentionally killed her in the toilet of his bathroom after a row.
The 27-year-old Olympic and Paralympic sprinter, who is a double amputee, faces life imprisonment if convicted of murder. He broke down in tears whilst describing the events leading up to the shooting and the actual event.
If acquitted, South African law stipulates that the court must consider the separate, lesser charge of culpable homicide, or manslaughter, for which he could receive between six and fifteen years in prison. Pistorius also faces charges of illegally firing a gun in public and of illegally possessing ammunition, both of which he denies.
There are no juries at trials in South Africa, and his fate will ultimately be decided by the judge, assisted by two assessors.
On his third day on the stand, Pistorius described the moments after paramedics had arrived at the scene. "They asked for some space to work so I stood up. Reeva had already died whilst I was holding her before the ambulance arrived. So, I knew there was nothing they could do for her," he told the court. He also described his distress as police and other officials arrived at the house. "I asked a policeman if I could wash my hands because the smell of the blood was making me throw up," he said.
His lawyer Barry Roux also asked him to demonstrate how he would swing a cricket bat.
Pistorius said he was on his prosthetic legs when he used the cricket bat to break down the toilet door.
He said the three sounds heard by witnesses at 03:17 local time was the cricket bat hitting the door, about five minutes after he shot at the toilet door. He said he was on his stumps, when he shot at the door. "I can barely stand on my stumps," he said.
During his questioning, Roux also mentioned statements from close neighbors who were listed by the state but not called by the prosecution. He said the statement from Kenny Motshoane's house described hearing "crying" and not "a woman screaming", as mentioned by other witnesses. Another woman living nearby also says she heard "loud crying" and not a woman screaming, Roux said.
Before Roux ended his questioning he asked Pistorius if he had intentionally killed Steenkamp. "I did not intend to kill Reeva, or anybody else for that matter," he replied.
The athlete described how the couple had spent a quiet evening together on 13 February 2013, Steenkamp doing some yoga as he spoke to his cousin on the phone.
He had then watched television in bed with his head resting on her stomach and she would occasionally show him photos of cars she was looking at on her phone, he said. He said that they had bought Valentine's Day gifts for each other.
Steenkamp, a 29-year-old model, reality television celebrity and law graduate, was hit by at least three bullets while in the toilet of Pistorius' home in Pretoria, South Africa.

Rico says it's like the story about the kid who killed his parents and then asked for mercy on the basis of being an orphan. But "I did not intend to kill Reeva, or anybody else for that matter"? WTF did he think was going to happen to whoever was on the other side of that door? (And no one has addressed the absurdity of an intruder taking the time to go to the bathroom...)