Oscar Pistorius Declared Not Mentally ill During Shooting
Category: World News
After a six-week break, the murder trial that has gripped South Africa
and the world has resumed when Pistorius returned to the dock after a
month of psychiatric tests. And according to a psychiatric panel and a
psychologist, Paralympian Oscar Pistorius, who is facing charges of
murdering his girlfriend, is not mentally ill.
Reading from the psychologist report, one of two reports that said the star runner should be held criminally responsible, State Prosecutor Gerrie Nel said:
Reading from the psychologist report, one of two reports that said the star runner should be held criminally responsible, State Prosecutor Gerrie Nel said:
"Mr Pistorus did not suffer from a mental illness or defect that would have rendered him
criminally not responsible for the offence charged."
The star sprinter has tried to argue that a "generalised anxiety
disorder" contributed to him shooting dead his 29-year-old model
girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine's Day last year. Oscar admits
shooting Steenkamp with a 9mm pistol through a locked toilet door, but
says it was a mistake as he thought she was an intruder coming to attack
him in the dead of night.
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