Oscar Pistorius was using the internet on his phone an hour before he shot and killed girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, the athlete's murder trial has heard. In his bail application, Pistorius said the pair had gone to sleep around 10pm.
However, the court in Pretoria heard communications data extracted from his phone showed activity an hour before the Valentine's Day incident.
Pistorius' lawyer Barry Roux started Tuesday's session cross-examining police IT expert Captain Francois Moller, who extracted texts and WhatsApp messages from their phones.
There was activity on Ms. Steenkamp's phone 11 hours after she died, records show. But the hearing was told incoming emails, updates or open websites could all give the impression of internet activity.
Phone records show Pistorius made a flurry of calls after the shooting. The first was to estate manager Johan Stander at 3:19am, followed by the ambulance service a minute later. He then rang security.
The court heard there were five calls between Mr. Pistorius and Ms. Steenkamp on the afternoon before she died - February 13th. All of the conversations lasted less than five minutes.
Mr. Roux highlighted the fact that out of a large number of messages sent between the couple, more than 1,700, police only found four where they were arguing.
He said in spite of their arguments, the couple were exchanging "crosses, baby, things like that". In one message, he referred to her as "Baba", while she called him "Ozzy".
In another, Ms. Steenkamp said to her boyfriend: "You are a very special person. You deserve to be looked after". Throughout Tuesday's hearing Mr. Roux has been trying to portray the image of a loving couple.
The trial is examining WhatsApp messages
Reporter Alex Crawford said "Roux is working very hard at painting this picture of South Africa's Romeo and Juliet, the star-crossed lovers in a WhatsApp age".
Under questioning from chief prosecutor Gerrie Nel, Mr. Moller said there were no long, loving messages. This was a contrast Mr. Nel tried to make with the texts when they argued.
Mr. Roux said he did not want to read out one message, although he did not say what this related to. The judge, Thokozile Masipa, agreed.
Emotional exchanges between the pair were read out on Monday. In one of them Ms. Steenkamp texted Pistorius to say "I am sometimes scared of you". This was sent just weeks before she died.
But today the defence got police Captain Francois Moller to read others, showing they made-up soon after rows.
This morning Mr. Pistorius' defence highlighted the total numbers of messages involved.
After a brief adjournment, the focus of proceedings turned to crime levels were Pistorius lived. Police officer Adriaan Maritz told the court he had no evidence Pistorius ever reported a crime - which is what he said in his bail hearing.
Between January 2011 and April 2013 there were less than a dozen reported crimes on the estate.
Mr. Roux said Pistorius was a victim of crime "on many occasions", to which the officer replied under cross-examination "It is possible m'lady".
Mr. Maritz said if Pistorius had complained, his name would have been on the police computer, unless a mistake was made. The court has adjourned for lunch.
Pistorius is accused of the premeditated murder of Ms. Steenkamp, but says he shot her by mistake after mistaking her for 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 of the charges.
The trial is expected to last until the middle of May.
Shain Germaner of The Star newspaper in South Africa spoke to the Pat Kenny Show here on Newstalk earlier.
