Oscar Pistorius injured a professional boxer by firing a gun in a restaurant then asked his friend to take the blame, a court has heard.
Cruiserweight fighter Kevin Lerena, giving evidence at his friend's murder trial, said he and several others were dining with the Paralympic star in Johannesburg on January 13 last year.
Mr Lerena said he saw Pistorius' friend Darren Fresco pass a gun to him under the table, shortly before a shot went off.
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He said: "There was blood on my toe. I went to the bathroom. I was shocked.
"Oscar apologised. I remember that I was in shock. I've never been in a confined area where a gunshot has gone off by accident.
"(Pistorius) told Fresco: 'Tell them it was you, I don't want any more media hype around me.'"
Cruiserweight boxer Kevin Lerena gave evidence on camera Mr Lerena is the first witness to agree to appearing on camera while giving evidence.
He told prosecutor Gerrie Nel that when Mr Fresco handed the gun to Pistorius, he said it was "one up", a term meaning there is one bullet in the chamber.
He said Pistorius removed a bullet from the chamber, and in the "next moment" there was a shot.
The athlete arrived at the Pretoria court flanked by his cousins Restaurant manager Jason Loupis said he was working that night and heard a bang but "hoped it was a balloon".
"I went over to the table and asked them what had happened," he said. "They all looked at me and I asked them again: 'Guys, seriously what is going on?'
"Fresco then said that the gun had fallen out of his pants. It was serious. Someone could have got hurt."
Pistorius, carrying a briefcase, enters the dock for the third day Mr Loupis' wife Maria told the court a child was sitting at a nearby table.
Earlier, evidence given by one of the prosecution's key witnesses was repeatedly challenged by Pistorius' defence team during a tense cross-examination.
Charl Peter Johnson's claim that he heard a woman screaming after the final gunshot on the night Reeva Steenkamp was killed was criticised by Barry Roux, because it did not appear in his initial witness statement.
The athlete removed his jacket after entering court Mr Roux said: "In your evidence you described the woman screaming. You said you could hear the fear. What is significant is that in your wife's (Michelle Burger) testimony, she said she could hear the woman's intense fear in her screams. Yet this is not in your statement.
"When you gave evidence yesterday, it was not stated in your statement but you now speak about the scream after the last shot.
"I think you don't know what you are saying. You are saying all the evidence that your wife gave us yesterday."
Pistorius' sister Aimee looks on during day three of the case But Mr Johnson said: "I don't think it is strange that we used the same words."
The issue of the sound of a woman screaming is a key point for the prosecution. The claims by neighbours that they heard the screams suggest Pistorius would have known it was Ms Steenkamp, rather than an intruder, as he fired.
At one point, as Mr Roux became increasingly exasperated during his questioning, he turned around and glanced at Pistorius and told Mr Johnson: "A man's life is at stake here."
Pistorius leans over the dock to talk to members of his legal team Pistorius showed no emotion as he - surrounded by his cousins - entered the court in South Africa's administrative capital at the start of the day.
There were shouts and whistles from onlookers as he made his way through the crowd towards the court's entrance.
Mr Johnson started his evidence by saying his phone number had been read out in court on Tuesday, and he had received phone calls from members of the public as a result.
Pistorius is pictured outside court after the third day of the trial He said: "I feel that my privacy has been compromised."
He said one caller left a voicemail message saying: "Why are you lying in court? You know Oscar didn't kill Reeva. It's not cool."
He will return to court on Thursday to continue giving evidence. In the meantime the defence will pore over notes he revealed that he made about the night of the killing.
Pistorius faces four charges: the premeditated murder of Ms Steenkamp, the illegal possession of ammunition and two further counts related to shooting a gun in public in two separate incidents before the killing.
Pistorius says he mistakenly thought Ms Steenkamp was an intruder The athlete, known as Blade Runner, denies all of the charges, including the allegation he deliberately killed his girlfriend after a jealous row.
He maintains he shot Ms Steenkamp after mistaking her for an intruder.
The trial is scheduled to last for three weeks and will hear from more than 100 witnesses.
If he is found guilty Pistorius could be jailed for at least 25 years. His fate will be decided by Judge Thokozile Masipa because South Africa does not have a jury system.
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