Monday, 30 June 2014

Oscar Pistorius was Mentally Okay - Psychiartrist


The murder trial of Oscar Pistorius is resuming in South Africa after a six-week break to evaluate the athlete's mental health.

His defence team has argued he was suffering from an anxiety disorder when he killed his girlfriend.
A report by experts will help the judge decide how significant this is.

The athlete denies deliberately killing Reeva Steenkamp. He says he shot her accidentally in a state of panic after mistaking her for an intruder.

Steenkamp, a 29-year-old model and law graduate, was shot through a toilet door at Oscar Pistorius's house in Pretoria on Valentine's Day last year.

If found guilty of murder, Mr Pistorius, who went on trial on 3 March this year, could face life imprisonment. If he is acquitted of that charge, the court will consider an alternative charge of culpable homicide, for which he could receive about 15 years in prison.

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