Lawyers acting for Oscar Pistorius will set out their case in an attempt to keep the athlete out of prison as his bail hearing continues.
The Paralympian arrived at the court in the back of a police car with a blue blanket covering his head.
Pistorius' father Henke and brother Carl - who have supported him in the two previous hearings - sat in the public gallery.
It is understood that Carl spent time with his brother in the holding cells earlier today.
Sky's Alex Crawford said it will be a "pretty explosive day" in terms of the details the court will hear about what is alleged to have happened.
Investigating officer Hilton Botha is expected to respond to Pistorius' version of events.
On the first day of the hearing, the court heard him claim he shot his model girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp because he thought she was a robber.
But the chances of him being given bail lessened after Magistrate Desmond Nair ruled the case a schedule six offence - meaning premeditated murder.
It means his lawyers now have to prove "exceptional circumstances" for him to be granted bail until he goes to trial.
The gold-medallist, known as the Blade Runner, is accused of murdering Miss Steenkamp at his home in Pretoria, South Africa, last Thursday.
His lawyer, Barry Roux, read out a statement which gave his version of the events that led to Miss Steenkamp's death.
Miss Steenkamp's funeral was held in Port Elizabeth The 26-year-old denies murder and said the couple were "deeply in love".
In the statement, Pistorius said he felt vulnerable because he was not wearing his prosthetic legs. He claimed he fired his gun into the bathroom, but then realised Miss Steenkamp was not in bed.
He said: "It filled me with horror and fear."
After realising his mistake, he said he put on his legs, walked towards the bathroom and broke down the locked door with a cricket bat.
He then ran downstairs carrying his 29-year-old girlfriend, but "she died in my arms".
Pistorius went on: "I fail to understand how I could be charged with murder, let alone premeditated murder, as I did not plan to murder my girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp."
The couple went to sleep shortly after 10pm, Pistorius said, but in the middle of the night he woke up and thought an intruder had climbed in through his bathroom window.
He said he grabbed a 9mm pistol - which he kept under his bed after receiving death threats - and made his way in the darkness towards the bathroom door.
"As I didn't have my prosthetic legs on I was vulnerable," he said. "I fired a shot at the toilet door and shouted to Reeva to call the police."
Pistorius, who won two gold medals and a silver at the 2012 Paralympic Games in London, described how he was "absolutely mortified at the death of my beloved Reeva".
The bail hearing came as Miss Steenkamp's funeral was held in her home town of Port Elizabeth.
The memorial service was attended by family and friends who had travelled from around the world.
Six pallbearers carried her coffin, draped with a white cloth and covered in white flowers.
Her brother, Adam Steenkamp, said after the service: "There's a space missing inside all the people that she knew that cannot be filled again."
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