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The Paralympic athlete is on trial for the murder of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp by shooting her four times through a locked lavatory door at his Pretoria home on February 14 last year

Oscar Pistorius, the South African sprinter has been on trial for murder for shooting his model girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in Pretoria on February 14 last year.

Pistorius, who competed in the 2012 London Olympics and Paralympics, has admitted to shooting Ms Steenkamp, but maintains he mistook her for an intruder hiding in his toilet in an upmarket Pretoria suburb.

The trial, which began in March, took a month-long break to allow the 27-year-old to undergo tests at Pretoria's Weskoppies hospital after a forensic psychologist brought by the defence testified he had an anxiety disorder.

During the trial, prosecutors have tried to paint a picture of a self-obsessed Pistorius who knowingly killed his law graduate girlfriend as she cowered behind a locked bathroom door. Pistorius could face a life sentence if found guilty of the shooting on Valentine's Day last year.

Following the assessment report, Pistorius' defence called sound expert Ivan Lin, who questioned whether neighbours 193 yards away could have heard screams coming from the toilet, or identified them as a man or a woman.

Lin's testimony, which is yet to be cross-examined, comes after state witness and Pistorius neighbour Michelle Burger testified that she was woken in the middle of the night by "bloodcurdling screams" from a woman, followed by shots.

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