{"id":14531,"date":"2014-05-21T07:10:48","date_gmt":"2014-05-21T07:10:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/pistorius-sent-for-psychiatric-tests\/"},"modified":"2014-05-21T07:10:41","modified_gmt":"2014-05-21T07:10:41","slug":"pistorius-sent-for-psychiatric-tests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/pistorius-sent-for-psychiatric-tests\/","title":{"rendered":"Pistorius Sent for Psychiatric Tests"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-5803 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/ds-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>{{The judge in the Oscar Pistorius trial has ordered him to start daily tests on Monday to assess his mental state when he killed his girlfriend.}}<\/p>\n<p>Judge Thokozile Masipa told the South African athlete to attend Weskoppies psychiatric hospital in Pretoria as an outpatient for a month.<\/p>\n<p>It comes after a defence witness said the double amputee was suffering from Generalised Anxiety Disorder (Gad).<\/p>\n<p>Mr Pistorius denies intentionally killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.<\/p>\n<p>He says he accidentally shot her through the toilet door on Valentine&#8217;s Day last year in a state of panic, mistaking the 29-year-old model and law graduate for an intruder.<\/p>\n<p>{{&#8216;Criminally responsible&#8217;}}<\/p>\n<p>The prosecution had argued the tests were essential after forensic psychiatrist Merryll Vorster told the court in Pretoria the double amputee was &#8220;a danger to society&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>But the defence vigorously opposed the move.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Masipa said on Tuesday that four appointed psychiatrists would &#8220;inquire into whether the accused by reason of mental illness or mental defect was at the time of the commission of the offence criminally responsible for the offence as charged.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She said the team would decide whether he was &#8220;capable of appreciating the wrongfulness of his act&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>wirestory<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{{The judge in the Oscar Pistorius trial has ordered him to start daily tests on Monday to assess his mental state when he killed his girlfriend.}} Judge Thokozile Masipa told the South African athlete to attend Weskoppies psychiatric hospital in Pretoria as an outpatient for a month. 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