Post mortem evidence too 'graphic'

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Oscar Pistorius gags and apparently throws up as he hears graphic descriptions of the post-mortem of his dead girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

Oscar Pistorius repeatedly vomited, retched and sobbed through the sixth day of his murder trial as a forensic pathologist revealed the bullets the Olympian used to shoot his girlfriend were designed to cause maximum damage to human tissue.

Professor Gert Saayman, who conducted the autopsy on Ms Steenkamp, told the court the model died as a result of multiple gunshot wounds, with three bullets striking her hip, upper arm and her head.

But while there is expected to be some dispute as to the order in which the bullets struck Ms Steenkamp, the professor said at least two of the three wounds could have proved fatal on their own.

Distressed ... Oscar Pistorius cries as he talks to his attorney Barry Roux, right, after listening to evidence during his trial in Pretoria. Photo: AP Photo

Her right upper arm was shattered, the hip wound could likely have killed her very quickly and the head wound would have incapacitated her immediately, he said.

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A lack of blood in her airways indicated Ms Steenkamp had probably only taken a few breaths before she succumbed to the head wound, the pathologist said.

Pistorius loudly retched and his body appeared to shake as Professor Saayman clinically described how a bullet entered Steenkamps head, fragmenting and exiting her skull in two places.

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Post mortem evidence too 'graphic'