Oscar Pistorius was not "putting on a show" and seemed genuinely heartbroken after shooting his girlfriend dead, the athlete's murder trial has heard.
Social worker and probation officer Yvette van Schalkwyk said she came forward as a witness on Tuesday after reading reports that the athlete had been "taking acting classes" and that his tears in court may not be real.
Ms van Schalkwyk, who was asked in February 2013 to assist Pistorius at his first court appearance, said he "cried 80% of the time" when she was with him.
She told the court: "What I saw from the first time I saw him was a man who was heartbroken... he cried, he was in mourning, he suffered emotionally.
"He was very sorry for the loss, especially for the parents, what they were going through."
She said that when she sat with Pistorius in the cells at the time of his intial court hearings he vomited twice and told her he shot Reeva Steenkamp accidentally.
Ms van Schalkwyk denied feeling sorry for Pistorius, saying: "After 24 years in probation you've got empathy. There's a difference."
Prosecutor Gerrie Nel said her evidence should be inadmissable because it did not relate directly to the charges - but Judge Thokozile Masipa turned down his objections, pointing out that he had earlier questioned the Paralympian's sincerity.
An anaesthetist cast doubt on prosecution claims that Oscar Pistorius had a late-night argument with Ms Steenkamp before he shot her.
Professor Christina Lundgren - who has a PhD in deaths due to anaesthesia - explained why she was qualified to give expert evidence on gastric emptying and its use to determine the time of death.
State Pathologist Gert Saayman has previously testified that food found in Ms Steenkamp's stomach had been eaten no more than two hours before she was shot dead at 3am on February 14, 2013.
His evidence challenged Pistorius' claim that she ate early the previous evening and suggested she was awake when a neighbour said she heard what sounded like a woman arguing in the house where Pistorius shot her.
Pistorius arrives at court ahead of the trial's 28th day But Prof Lundgren said the prosecution case that Ms Steenkamp's stomach should have been empty if Pistorius was telling the truth was "purely speculative".
She explained that before surgery patients are typically told not to eat for six hours to ensure their stomachs are empty.
But she said that some ingredients in a chicken stir-fry Ms Steenkamp ate, such as vegetables and fatty foods, could take longer to digest.
Gastric emptying could also be delayed in pre-menopausal women and by sleep, eating disorders or some medications such as anti-depressants and slimming drugs, Prof Lundgren told the court.
Mr Nel worked to eliminate the factors that could have delayed the digestion process in Ms Steenkamp's case, saying that she had not drunk alcohol, smoked or taken medication and did not have an eating disorder.
He said that made Professor Saayman's evidence more probable.
The witness acknowledged to Mr Nel that if Ms Steenkamp had been involved in a long argument that caused her anxiety before her death, the gastric emptying process could have been delayed.
Ms Steenkamp's friend Kim Myers, who Pistorius was accused of intimidating on Tuesday, was back in court to hear the anaesthetist's evidence, reportedly accompanied by her mother Desi and sister Gina.
Pistorius is accused of murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, but he claims he shot her by accident.
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