After a harrowing and exhausting six months of stop-start testimonies and cross-examinations, these are the key events during the biggest trial in post-Apartheid South African history.

1. Pistorius pleads not guilty

Oscar Pistorius pleads not guilty to all charges on the first day of the trial. He claims the death of Reeva Steenkamp was a mistake as he believed there was an intruder on the other side of the bathroom door.