日批在线视频_内射毛片内射国产夫妻_亚洲三级小视频_在线观看亚洲大片短视频_女性向h片资源在线观看_亚洲最大网

Home

Pistorius takes stand in own defence at murder trial

Updated: 2014-04-07 20:36 (Agencies)
Comments

Pistorius takes stand in own defence at murder trial
Oscar Pistorius looks on during his trial at the high court in Pretoria April 7, 2014. Pistorius wept and retched into a bucket in court on Monday during graphic forensic testimony about the death of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, whom he is accused of murdering on Valentine's Day last year. [Photo/Agencies]

PRETORIA - His voice cracking with emotion, Oscar Pistorius took the witness stand in his own defence on Monday, saying the Valentine's Day shooting of his girlfriend last year had left him sleepless, terrified and plagued by nightmares.

The disabled South African track star, on trial for murder, also apologised to the mother of model Reeva Steenkamp, saying he fired four times through a toilet door at his luxury Pretoria home in the belief he was defending her from an intruder.

Steenkamp, a law graduate and model, was hit by at least three rounds fired by Pistorius, one of which - to the head - killed her almost instantly, the court has heard.

"I was simply trying to protect Reeva," Pistorius told the court at the start of his testimony. Reeva's mother June Steenkamp, sitting in the public gallery of the packed Pretoria courtroom, bowed her head and remained steely faced.

Since the shooting, 27-year-old Olympic and Paralympic star Pistorius, who faces life in prison if convicted of murder, testified he had been on anti-depressants and sleeping pills because of his disturbed state of mind.

"I'm scared to sleep. I have terrible nightmares about things that happened that night," he said. "I can smell blood. I wake up to being terrified."

He recounted one occasion when he woke up so scared in the middle of the night that he crawled into a cupboard before calling his sister, who came round to sit with him.

"I wake up in a complete state of terror to the point that I would rather not sleep," he added.

Earlier, during graphic forensic testimony from a defence pathologist, Pistorius sat in the dock, retching into a bucket.

OBSESSION WITH GUNS

The distraught figure in the witness stand was a far cry from the gun-obsessed, fast-living hot-head that prosecutors sought to portray during the first 16 days of the trial.

As well as murder, Pistorius is accused of firing a pistol through the sun roof of a friend's car while on a public road, and discharging a handgun underneath the table of a packed Johannesburg restaurant.

He has pleaded 'not guilty' to all charges.

The trial, now in its 17th day, has gripped South Africa and millions of sports and athletics fans around the world who saw in Pistorius a symbol of triumph over physical adversity.

The sprinter's lower legs were amputated as a baby but he went on to achieve global fame as the "Blade Runer", a nickname derived from the carbon fibre prosthetic limbs he wears on the track.

After winning gold medals at the Beijing and London Paralympics, he stunned the world by reaching the semi-finals of the 400 metres in the London Olympics against able-bodied athletes.

His defence hinges on his assertion that he mistook Steenkamp for an intruder hiding in the toilet when he shot her on Valentine's Day last year.

However, several witnesses have testified to hearing the terrified screams of a woman before and during a volley of shots.

Previous Page 1 2 3 4 Next Page

Most Popular
...
主站蜘蛛池模板: 精品成人久久 | 日韩美女在线视频 | 国产一区在线观看视频 | 第四色在线视频 | 日韩在线中文字幕 | 中文字幕www | 中文字幕在线字幕中文 | 婷婷伊人网 | 国产特级黄色片 | 91插插插插 | 亚洲免费视频网 | 日本少妇在线观看 | 中文字幕欧美在线 | 亚洲欧洲精品视频 | 艳母动漫在线免费观看 | 成人免费毛片xxx | 青青av在线| 日本中文字幕一区 | 亚洲一区久久久 | 朝桐光一区二区三区 | 黄色在线观看网址 | 69国产| 天天操天天干天天操天天干 | 天堂视频免费在线观看 | 免费黄色一级片 | 超碰这里只有精品 | www.av黄色 | 天天爽天天做 | 国产伊人网| 日韩欧美在线视频播放 | 在线观看日韩中文字幕 | 伊人春色影院 | 精品久久一区二区 | 毛片在线观看视频 | 国产成人综合网 | 久操色 | 日韩中文字幕网 | 国产亚洲欧美精品久久久www | 成年人的视频 | 国产视频一二三区 | 97久久精品 |