Reeva Steenkamp texted Oscar Pistorius to say "I am sometimes scared of you" just weeks before she died, the athlete's trial has heard. 
 
 An emotional message from Ms Steenkamp on January 27 last year accuses Pistorius of picking on her "incessantly" and denies flirting with her friend's husband at an engagement party. 
 
 It also accuses the athlete of being "nasty" and throwing tantrums in front of people. 
 
 "I'm scared of you sometimes and how you snap at me and how you act to me," says Ms Steenkamp. 
 
 She tells Pistorius the pair have a "double standard relationship" where he is "quick to act, cold and off-ish when you are unhappy". 
 
 Pistorius apologises for his behaviour in one message 
 
 Police IT expert Captain Francois Moller told the trial he had extracted text and WhatsApp messages from the phones of both Ms Steenkamp and Oscar Pistorius. 
 
 In a message displayed on court monitors, Pistorius admits he is "tired and sick" but says it is not an excuse for his jealous behaviour. 
 
 Play video "Texts Say Reeva Was Scared Of Oscar" Video: Texts Say Reeva Was Scared Of Oscar 
 
 He accuses Ms Steenkamp of ignoring him while she spoke to another man and touched his arm. 
 
 Ms Steenkamp also complained Pistorius got upset if she ever mentions something about an ex-boyfriend, while "every five seconds I hear how you dated another chick". 
 
 "I just want to be loved and to love. Maybe we cannot do that for each other," she says. 
 
 A separate message from Pistorius also mentions Ms Steenkamp smoking "weed" and refers to her as "Angel", while she calls him "Baba". 
 
 Captain Moller told the trial in Pretoria he had "jailbroken" the mobile phones to access pages of messages between the pair. 
 
 Play video "Oscar And Reeva's Texts Examined" Video: Oscar And Reeva's Texts Examined 
 
 He said there were also many normal and "loving conversations" between the couple. 
 
 More messages are expected to be revealed when the trial continues on Tuesday. 
 
 Earlier, the court heard from Pistorius' neighbour Annette Stipp, who said she woke at around 3am on Valentine's Day last year, the day Ms Steenkamp was killed. 
 
 She said she heard three sounds which sounded like gunshots and moments later heard a woman's "terrified, terrified screaming". 
 
 She then heard a man and woman screaming at the same time, before a second set of shots, and then silence. 
 
 1 / 12 Gallery: Oscar Pistorius Trial: Key Figures June Steenkamp, mother of Reeva Steenkamp. 
 
 Mrs Stipp recalled telling her husband: "It sounds like a family murder. Why else would a woman scream like that?" 
 
 The lights in Pistorius' bathroom were on from the moment she first woke up, Mrs Stipp told the court. 
 
 She said the screams did not sound muffled or like they were coming from an enclosed space. 
 
 The defence tried to discredit Mrs Stipp's evidence when, under tough questioning, she admitted an inaccuracy in her signed police statement. 
 
 She told the court she had not seen a male figure walking in Pistorius' bathroom, despite initially saying she had. 
 
 1 / 17 Gallery: South Africa's Golden Couple Olympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius faces a charge of murdering Reeva Steenkamp, his girlfriend, on Valentine's Day 2013 
 
 "This is not first time that it appears her memory has failed her," said defence lawyer Kenny Oldwadge. 
 
 He also suggested the second set of gunshots Mrs Stipp described was in fact the sound of a cricket bat as Pistorius smashed down the bathroom door. 
 
 Paralympic star Pistorius is accused of the premeditated murder of his girlfriend but says he shot her by mistake because he thought she was an intruder. 
 
 He is also accused of illegally possessing ammunition and two further counts related to shooting a gun in public in two separate incidents before the killing. 
 
 He denies all the charges. 
 
 1 / 10 Gallery: Pistorius: A Sporting Pioneer Pistorius was born in Johannesburg on November 22, 1986. A congenital condition meant he had no bones in his lower legs. 
 
 The prosecution's case is expected to finish this week and Pistorius is likely to be the first witness for the defence. 
 
 Originally expected to last for three weeks or so, the trial has now been extended until the middle of May. 
 
 Both sides agreed to an extension after just 18 of 107 possible witnesses were heard in the first three weeks. ||||| Oscar Pistorius has told his murder trial that girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp did not scream or shout as he grabbed a gun and fired shots that killed her. 
 
 Prosecutor Gerrie Nel said it was "improbable" that she would stand in the bathroom saying nothing while Mr Pistorius was just 3m (10ft) away shouting at her to call the police. 
 
 Mr Pistorius said he could not explain why she had not shouted out. 
 
 The athlete, 27, denies murder saying the killing was a terrible accident. 
 
 Analysis Oscar Pistorius has been on the stand for an entire week - but the back and forth of cross-examination is where testimony is tested and concessions are made. "What would a reasonable person do?" This was one of prosecutor Gerrie Nel's questions. The answer could be the difference between negligence and intent - although we're not quite there yet. As he was preparing to wrap up for the day, Mr Nel accused the athlete of creating a version of events that did not happen. "She had nothing to be scared of except you," Mr Nel charged, but the accused denied this. The prosecutor pointed out that Mr Pistorius was making "mistakes", a point the judge also noted. The court would not accept his explanation that the mistakes were a result of him being tired. The state has alleged that the pair had an argument in the bedroom and she ran away from him. We don't have any indication of how the state plans to prove this. Neighbours have testified to hearing "loud voices". 
 
 He admits killing Ms Steenkamp but says he fired his gun after mistaking her for an intruder. 
 
 He believed she had been in bed when he grabbed his gun, made his way to the bathroom and fired shots through the door. 
 
 The prosecution says he deliberately killed her after an argument. 
 
 On the third day of his cross-examination, Mr Nel pressed the South African Olympic sprinter to explain the final moments leading up to the shooting. 
 
 He asked why he had not checked whether Ms Steenkamp had heard his calls for her to phone the police, or why he had not taken her to safety instead of going to confront the supposed intruder. 
 
 Mr Pistorius said it was his personality to confront what he believed was an intruder. 
 
 The trial has been adjourned until Monday morning. 
 
 'She was scared of you' 
 
 Later, Mr Nel questioned Mr Pistorius's account that he had not heard Ms Steenkamp shout or scream during the whole incident. 
 
 "When you shouted at Reeva to phone the police, she was 3m away from you in the toilet, but she didn't say anything," he said. "Why would she not say anything?" 
 
 Image copyright AP Image caption Reeva Steenkamp's mother, June, has said Mr Pistorius tried to say sorry to the family privately 
 
 Image copyright Reuters Image caption Prosecutor Gerrie Nel began the day asking Mr Pistorius about his alarm system at home 
 
 Mr Pistorius said he did not know. 
 
 The prosecutor accused the athlete of lying, and said he had shot Ms Steenkamp while she was talking to him from the bathroom. 
 
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 "She wasn't scared of an intruder," he said. "She was scared of you." 
 
 He went on: "Are you sure that Reeva did not scream after the first shot?" 
 
 Mr Pistorius took a long time to answer, and broke down into sobs. 
 
 "At no point did Reeva shout out or scream," he said. 
 
 Mr Nel then disputed his claim, saying he would not have been able to hear if he had just fired his gun. 
 
 Prosecution witnesses have testified to hearing a woman scream, but the defence disputes their testimony. 
 
 'Fixated' on intruder 
 
 At one point the judge admonished Mr Nel, telling him not to call a witness a "liar" while he was giving evidence. 
 
 The BBC's Pumza Fihlani, at court in the capital, Pretoria, explains that lawyers can say witnesses are lying but not call them liars. 
 
 Mr Pistorius told the court he had heard a window opening and closing, and had immediately got out of bed and grabbed his gun. 
 
 "I told Reeva to get down and phone the police," he said. 
 
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 Mr Nel asked if he had not looked at Ms Steenkamp, or asked if she had heard the noise. 
 
 "My whole being was fixated on this person that I thought was in the bathroom," Mr Pistorius said. 
 
 Before the cross-examination resumed on Friday, Mr Nel confirmed that Mr Pistorius had asked to meet Ms Steenkamp's family to apologise for killing her. 
 
 The double amputee faces life imprisonment if convicted of murdering the 29-year-old model. 
 
 If he is acquitted of murder, the court must consider an alternative charge of culpable homicide, for which he could receive up to 15 years in prison. 
 
 Mr Pistorius also faces charges of illegally firing a gun in public and of illegally possessing ammunition, both of which he denies. 
 
 There are no juries at trials in South Africa, and his fate will ultimately be decided by the judge, assisted by two assessors.
– Another neighbor testified at Oscar Pistorius' murder trial today, saying she heard "terrified, terrified screaming" that didn't sound as though it was emanating from an enclosed space, like a bathroom, the morning of Reeva Steenkamp's death, the Telegraph reports. But the most attention-grabbing part of today's testimony took the form of texts between Pistorius and Steenkamp, which were shown on monitors. While a police IT expert said 90% of the WhatsApp messages were normal and "loving," a small portion showed a complicated, jealous relationship. A sampling, per Sky News, the Telegraph, and the Independent: Steenkamp: "I'm scared of u sometimes and how u snap at me and of how u will react to me." "I do everything to make u happy and to not say anything to rock the boat with u. You do everything to throw tantrums in front of people." "I'm sorry you think I was hitting on my friend's husband and u think so little of me. I just want to be loved and to love. Right now I am very unhappy and sad" "I can't be attacked by outsiders for dating you and then be attacked by you..the one person I need protection from." Pistorius: "I was standing tight behind me watching you touch his arm. But when I left, u just kept on chatting to him. I'm sorry I asked u to stop touching my neck." Pistorious admitted he is "tired and sick" but that doesn't excuse his jealous behavior. Apparently in reference to a shooting incident, he wrote "Angel, please don't say a thing to any one, Darren told everyone it was his fault. I can't afford for that to come out. The guys promised not to say a thing." The Telegraph notes the prosecution's case is expected to close this week.