After a long month of waiting Oscar Pistorius’ murder trial has resumed this morning and the first news of the day: Oscar was not mentally handicapped at the time that he shot Reeva dead.
Now that is a curve ball for the defence team who spent a very long time creating the image of Oscar as vulnerable and reacting out of instinct and fear.
According to the findings by an independent panel of doctors, Pistorius did not suffer from a mental defect or mental illness at the “time of the commission of the offense that would have rendered him criminally not responsible of the offenses charged.”
The report added that “Mr Pistorius was capable of appreciating the wrongfulness of his act.”
If you have been hiding under a rock you can find more details about what lead to the decision for the mental health evaluation here through CNN and here via BBC. We briefly told you last week about what this verdict could mean.
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