'I'm scared of you sometimes'
A cellphone analyst testified that Reeva Steenkamp told Oscar Pistorius she was scared of him sometimes, the High Court in Pretoria heard on Monday.
"I'm scared of you sometimes and how you snap at me and of how you will react to me. You make me happy ninety percent of the time and I think we are amazing together... but I am not some other bitch... trying to kill your vibe...
"I'm the girl who fell in love with you but I'm also the girl who gets side-stepped when you are in a shit mood... I get snapped at and told my accent and voices are annoying," wrote Steenkamp in a cellphone message.
The message began: "You have picked on me excessively... I do everything to make you happy and you do everything to throw tantrums... "
The line was part of a lengthy Whatsapp text she sent him on January 27 where she expressed concern over his behaviour at a lunch they had attended, which she said they had to leave early because of him.
Pistorius has pleaded not guilty to a charge of murdering Steenkamp, saying that when he fired through a bathroom door he thought there was an intruder in there.
He then realised he had shot Steenkamp, who died at his home in Silver Woods estate in Pretoria.
- Sapa