Families have not yet arrived
The Pistorius and Steenkamp families had not yet arrived at the High Court in Pretoria on Tuesday shortly before the start of the second day of paralympian Oscar Pistorius's murder trial.
Media entered and took their seats in courtroom GD before 9am.
Prosecutor Gerrie Nel was inside chatting to court officials.
Photographers standing in the court foyer were warned to give Pistorius space when he arrives.
Pistorius is accused of murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on February 14 last year. He pleaded not guilty to the charge of murder, and contraventions under the Firearms Control Act, including possession of ammunition without a licence. He claims he mistook Steenkamp for a burglar.
The first witness, Michelle Burger, took the stand on Monday and testified that she heard a woman's "blood-curdling" screams coming from his house on the night of the shooting. Cross-examination of Burger was due to continue on Tuesday at 9.30am.
The proceedings in the wood-panelled courtroom were broadcast live on television and radio, with the initial indictment listing 107 witnesses to testify for the State.
Judge Thokozile Masipa presided and swore in assessors Janet Henzen-Du Toit and Themba Mazibuko.
- Sapa