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Oscar Pistorius was a "compromised person" on the night he killed girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp because he felt so vulnerable and anxious, his chief defence lawyer said on Friday when presenting his final argument in the Olympic runner's sentencing hearing in Pretoria, South Africa.

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SOUNDBITE: (English) Barry Roux, lawyer for Oscar Pistorius: ++PART OVERLAID WITH CUTAWAYS OF THE COURT++

"If you look at the facts in this case, there was no..... unlawful act is one thing because it's objective standards, but the accused did not consciously act unlawfully. And it's an important factor in the consideration of sentence. It is.... it is also so important My Lady that when you look at the excessive force used by the accused, the negligent conduct, yes, of course there is a high degree of negligence when you fire shots into a door when there is someone behind it, no one can dispute that. But we can not isolate it. Is it just someone walking to the door, thinking there's an intruder and recklessly firing shots into the door, or is it a compromised person reacting excessively? Yes it was My Lady."

SOUNDBITE: (English) Barry Roux, lawyer for Oscar Pistorius: ++PART OVERLAID WITH CUTAWAYS OF THE COURT++

"He has lost everything. He was an icon in the eyes of South Africans on what he has done, what he has achieved. He was denigrated to the extent that all that was left was a rage killer, a cold blooded killer, a liar, and everything that's horrible. He lost all his sponsors, he lost all his money. He has nothing my lady. He hasn't even the money to pay for legal expenses. He has nothing left."