PRETORIA, South Africa: In a pummeling cross-examination, the prosecution called Oscar Pistorius’s account of killing his girlfriend “impossible” and “a lie” on Thursday (Friday in Manila), highlighting apparent inconsistencies in key parts of his testimony.

“Your version is so improbable that nobody would ever think it’s reasonably, possibly true it’s so impossible,” Prosecutor Gerrie Nel thundered during his second day interrogating the Olympian.

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