Via NY Daily News – It was an Oscar-worthy performance.

The South African “Blade Runner” clasped his ears and burst into tears Tuesday after his lawyer began describing how “some fragments of the bullet” he fired were removed from his girlfriend’s skull. It was the first display of waterworks from Oscar Pistorius since his murder trial started and he practically doubled over in the dock when he started bawling.

The tears ended almost as quickly they started when a relative handed Pistorius a tissue.

[…] Before the brief torrent of tears, defense attorney Barry Roux tore into witness Michelle Burger’s claim that she heard doomed model Reeva Steenkamp scream after the fatal shots were fired.

We will have experts state that there was serious brain damage after the shot to the head, that it would not have been possible for her to scream at all,” defense attorney Barry Roux said.

Roux went after Burger on day 2 of Pistorius’ sensational murder trial — and a day after the college professor, who lives near the sprinter in Pretoria, testified that she heard Steenkamp’s “blood-curdling screams.” (continue reading)