Oscar Pistorius solemnly hugged his lawyer Barry Roux and then sat down alone in court as the defence and prosecutions teams finished their closing arguments at his sentencing hearing.
The Paralympic athlete sobbed during part of the final day of the week-long hearing as Mr Roux claimed the runner "lost everything" after shooting dead his girlfriend.
Pistorius, 27, has admitted killing Reeva Steenkamp and said he mistook her for an intruder, thinking they were both in danger.
Mr Roux said Pistorius had lost his sponsors, lost all his money and had not got enough to pay for legal expenses following the tragedy on Valentine's Day last year.
He argued the disabled runner should not be sent to prison but should be put under house arrest and have correctional supervision - community service.
However, prosecutor Gerrie Nel argued he should be jailed for a minimum of 10 years and called a house arrest sentence "shockingly disproportionate".
Mr Nel said of the shooting: "This is a serious matter. The negligence borders on intent. Ten years is the minimum."
Judge Thokozile Masipa adjourned the court in Pretoria, South Africa, until next Tuesday when she is expected to hand down her punishment.
Mr Roux said Pistorius was an icon, in the eyes of South Africans, who had "lost everything", "has not earned a penny" since the shooting and "is broken".
He said his client sold his last asset - his car - to give money to the Steenkamp family.
The lawyer added he will have to live with "excruciating pain which will never go away".
Mr Roux said his client's actions when he killed her in his bathroom were "dominated by vulnerability and anxiety".
He said the double-amputee athlete was a "compromised person" when he opened fire on the 29-year-old.
Mr Roux told the court his client "did not consciously act unlawfully", though he admitted the runner had "acted excessively".
Mr Nel urged the judge to think about what happened to Ms Steenkamp, and losing a child was the "most devastating thing that can happen to a person".
He said society may lose their trust in the courts if Pistorius was not jailed for killing the model and law graduate.
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Gallery: Reeva Steenkamp's Life In Pictures
Reeva Steenkamp, 29, was born in Cape Town and grew up in Port Elizabeth. She went to a convent school and studied law. She was a keen horse rider until she broke her back.
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She moved to Johannesburg from Cape Town to model for Avon cosmetics. In 2012, Reeva was voted number 45 in the South African FHM 100 Sexiest Women in the World poll.
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She featured as a celebrity contestant on BBC Lifestyle show Baking Made Easy in 2012.
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The model was a keen Twitter user, and had more than 34,000 followers. She used the site to promote women's rights and empowerment.
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Her former fashion editor, Barbara Robertson, described the model as being "sweet, and down-to-earth" with the "it factor". She compared her to an "early Kate Moss".
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Reeva Steenkamp on the set of reality TV show Tropika Island of Treasure (Pic: Stimulii)
She had "nowhere to go, she was in a small cubicle" as she was hit by four bullets, he said.
He said "we were lucky" to hear in court the voice of the victim's cousin Kim Martin - which he called a voice representing society.
Mr Nel argued her "softly-spoken" remarks imploring the court to hand down a prison term "trounced any other noise referred to".
On Thursday, Ms Martin said Pistorius needed "to pay for what he'd done" and warned a lenient sentence would send the wrong message out to society.
Pistorius could face a fine and a suspended jail sentence, house arrest, or up to 15 years in prison after he was found guilty of culpable homicide, the equivalent of manslaughter in the UK.
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