Oscar Pistorius wept in the dock today as a neighbour described the harrowing moment he tried to resuscitate his girlfriend after she was shot.
Radiologist Johan Stipp dashed to the Paralympian's home after hearing gunshots to find Pistorius kneeling next to Reeva Steenkamp and 'praying to God' that she would survive, the trial heard.
He said: 'At the bottom of the stairs... there was a lady lying on her back on the floor. It was obvious that she was mortally wounded.
'I went near her and, as I bent down, I also noticed a man on the left kneeling by her side. He had his left hand on her right groin, and his right hand, the second and third fingers in her mouth.
'I remember the first thing he said when I got there was "I shot her. I thought she was a burglar. I shot her".'
As he gave his testimony, Pistorius bent forward in the dock and put his hand over his face while clutching rosary beads on what was the 12th anniversary of his mother's death.
He then moved his hands to cover both ears.
The dramatic evidence by Dr Stipp was the first detailed public description of the immediate aftermath of the shooting of Miss Steenkamp on Valentine's day last year.
Dr Stipp, who said he didn't know who Pistorius was until later, said he tried to help, but Miss Steenkamp showed no signs of life.
He said he noticed a wound in her right thigh, in her upper arm and in the right side of the head and there was brain tissue around the skull.
He said: 'She had no pulse in the neck, she had no peripheral pulse. She had no breathing movements that she made.
'Oscar was crying all the time,' he said. 'He was praying to God, saying "Please let her live".
'Oscar said he would dedicate "his life and her life to God" if she would live and not die that night.'
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