A hearing to determine the sentence for disgraced South African athlete Oscar Pistorius is under way in Pretoria High Court.
Judge Thokozile Masipa will determine whether he serves jail time for the negligent killing of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, or walks out of court a free man.
The hearing began with the defence calling of Pistorius' psychologist Lore Hartzenberg, who described the athlete as "traumatised" and a "broken man".
Ms Hartzenberg said: "Initially it was very difficult to in a conventional sense of giving psychotherapy to have sessions with Pistorius.
"He was very emotional ... There were sessions that we, we could not conduct some of the sessions. Some of the sessions we just him weeping and crying and me holding him."
"Mr Pistorius has been diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) by various experts who have assessed him.
"The effects of PTSD are such that the flashbacks and the re-experiencing of the shooting will be mental images he will always carry with him making it difficult for him to escape from this.
"It is foreseen that Mr Pistorius will require intensive and ongoing psychotherapy. What we are left with My Lady, we are left with a broken man who has lost everything."
Leading prosecution lawyer Gerrie Nel questioned the balance of the report given by Ms Hartzenberg.
When asked about Pistorius' plans for the future and his career, Ms Hartzenberg said it had not been discussed during the session because in her opinion he had no future as an athlete.
"In the 18 months that I was involved with him he did not show any inclination or intent to continue with any type of career," said the psychologist.
When pressed by Mr Nel on media reports about Pistorius allegedly beginning a new relationship and their relevance to Pistorius' emotional state, Ms Hartzenberg said it had not been discussed during their sessions.
"It would have been important if it had impacted on his emotional and psychological functioning in some or other way. Then of course it would have been important", she said.
"He did not bring it to the therapy session. And I work on the therapy session that he brings to the therapy session."
Mr Nel also questioned Ms Hartzenberg about an occasion when she cried in court during Pistorius' testimony.
"I cried in court. I was emotional once", she said.
The 27-year-old Paralympic and Olympic athlete, whose lower legs were amputated as a baby, was convicted of culpable homicide last month for the fatal shooting of the 29-year-old law graduate and model on Valentine's Day 2013.
Judge Masipa cleared Pistorius of the more serious charge of murder, saying prosecutors had failed to prove his intent to kill when he fired four 9mm rounds through the door of a toilet cubicle, in what he said was the mistaken belief an intruder was hiding behind it.
A murder conviction would have almost certainly carried a jail sentence.
Culpable homicide, South Africa's equivalent of manslaughter, can be punished by anything from 15 years in jail to a suspended sentence or community service.
At the sentencing hearing, Judge Masipa is expected to hear arguments from prosecution and defence, possibly for as long as a day each, and psychological and probation experts before making her ruling.
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