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"Oscar Pistorius has been described as a &amp;quot;deceitful witness&amp;quot; in the prosecution&amp;#039;s closing arguments at his trial in South Africa. Prosecutor Gerrie Nel began his concluding remarks today (August 7) by accusing the South African athlete of dropping the &amp;quot;baton of truth&amp;quot; in his account of the events leading to the death of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, BBC News reports.  Pistorius is in court on suspicion of the murder of Steenkamp at his home in South Africa on February 14, 2013. He maintains that he shot at what he thought was an intruder. However, the prosecution have accused him of deliberately shooting Steenkamp following a row. Mr Nel claimed that Pistorius&amp;#039;s lawyers have presented two lines of defence that &amp;quot;can never be reconciled&amp;quot;, and urged the court to choose only one of his defences. The defence has argued that Pistorius fired the gun involuntarily and also out of fear. The prosecution has responded by saying that the athlete&amp;#039;s version of events is &amp;quot;devoid of any truth&amp;quot;. The defence will make their closing arguments on Friday (August 8), before Judge Masipa adjourns the trial to consider her verdict. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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