'I'm scared of you sometimes': Reeva to Oscar

A cellphone analyst testified that Reeva Steenkamp told Oscar Pistorius she was scared of him sometimes, the High Court in Pretoria heard on Monday (24/03/2014).

"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 messages were read by cellphone analyst Captain Francois Moller during questioning by prosecutor Gerrie Nel.

He was reading a WhatsApp message Steenkamp sent to Pistorius on January 27, 2013. He killed her on February 14 that year.

In a message Steenkamp said he criticised her for her chewing gum, the accents she spoke in, and when she touched his neck, he snapped at her.

On February 8 she said: "I can't be attacked by outsiders for dating you, and attacked by you."

In a message on January 19, 2013, Pistorius wrote to Steenkamp: "I know it was... when you got back from Tropica, you made it sound like you only smoked weed once."

Steenkamp had been away filming a reality TV series called "Tropica Island of Treasure".

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

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