Intro:

The judge in the murder trial of Oscar Pistorius intervened to steer chief prosecutor Gerrie Nel away from what she described as an "unfair" line of questioning, during Monday's proceedings (14th April) in Pretoria, South Africa.

Script:

OTE: PISTORIUS DOES NOT APPEAR ON CAMERA

++THE FOLLOWING IS UNINTERRUPTED COURT PROCEEDINGS++

SOUNDBITE (English) Gerrie Nel, Prosecutor: "Who do you blame for the accident?"

UPSOUND (English) Oscar Pistorius: "I blame myself."

++INCLUDES CUTAWAY OF JUDGE MASIPA++Nel: "You at least blame yourself for an accident... Which was what?"

UPSOUND (English) Oscar Pistorius:

"I blame myself for taking Reeva's life, my lady."

++INCLUDES CUTAWAY SHOT OF REEVA STEENKAMP'S MOTHER, JUNE STEENKAMP++

Nel: "In the following circumstances, Mr. Pistorius, Reeva would only have been with her right hip at bullethole A. If she was standing in front of the door, talking to you. Is that not what happened?"

UPSOUND (English) Oscar Pistorius: "No, my lady."

UPSOUND (English) Judge Thokozile Masipa: "Can you repeat that?"

Nel: "Reeva could only have been in the position behind the door, for bullet hole A to hit her in the right hip. If she was standing behind the door, facing the door."

++INCLUDES CUTAWAY OF JUDGE MASIPA++

Nel: "Why would Reeva... it's been accepted by your pathologist and captain (Christiaan) Mangena (police ballistics expert) that bullet hole A was the first shot. Why would she stand there, Mr. Pistorius, if she was scared?"

UPSOUND (English) Oscar Pistorius: "I don't know, my lady."

Nel: "Because she was talking to you, sir."

UPSOUND (English) Oscar Pistorius: "That's not true, my lady."

Nel: "All the screams and shouts, you screamed at her and she fled for her life. Why would she... Is that not true?"

UPSOUND (English) Oscar Pistorius: "No, my lady."

Nel: "Why would she stand upright, at the dooir, looking at you? Looking at danger?"

UPSOUND (English) Oscar Pistorius: "I don't know, my lady. I don't know if that is how she was standing. I don't know."

Nel: "How do you think she was standing?"

UPSOUND (English) Oscar Pistorius: "I don't know, my lady."