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| Oscar Pistorius trial: Mental health results due as trial continues | |
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| The murder trial of Oscar Pistorius resumes on Monday after a month of mental health evaluations of the athlete. An expert panel has been assessing whether he has an anxiety disorder that could have influenced his actions when he killed his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. | The murder trial of Oscar Pistorius resumes on Monday after a month of mental health evaluations of the athlete. An expert panel has been assessing whether he has an anxiety disorder that could have influenced his actions when he killed his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. |
| Judge Thokozile Masipa is expected to receive the conclusions of the panel of one psychologist and three psychiatrists, who were instructed to assess whether the double-amputee runner was capable of understanding the wrongfulness of his act. Mr Pistorius shot Ms Steenkamp through a closed toilet door in his home on Valentine’s Day last year. | Judge Thokozile Masipa is expected to receive the conclusions of the panel of one psychologist and three psychiatrists, who were instructed to assess whether the double-amputee runner was capable of understanding the wrongfulness of his act. Mr Pistorius shot Ms Steenkamp through a closed toilet door in his home on Valentine’s Day last year. |
| The assessments of the panel could determine whether he can be held criminally responsible. The evaluation came after a psychiatrist, Dr Merryll Vorster, testified for the defence that Mr Pistorius had an anxiety disorder that could have contributed to the killing. Mr Pistorius claims he opened fire after mistakenly thinking there was a dangerous intruder in the toilet. | The assessments of the panel could determine whether he can be held criminally responsible. The evaluation came after a psychiatrist, Dr Merryll Vorster, testified for the defence that Mr Pistorius had an anxiety disorder that could have contributed to the killing. Mr Pistorius claims he opened fire after mistakenly thinking there was a dangerous intruder in the toilet. |
| Prosecutor Gerrie Nel requested an independent assessment of Mr Pistorius’s state of mind. | Prosecutor Gerrie Nel requested an independent assessment of Mr Pistorius’s state of mind. |
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