Experts have decided Oscar Pistorius was
suffering from a mental health problem when he killed his girlfriend.His trial has restarted after more than a month-long delay, in which time the athlete underwent psychiatric tests.
Reading out the psychiatrists' conclusions, state prosecutor Gerrie Nel has said: "Mr Pistorius did not suffer from a mental defect or illness at the time of the commission of the offence that would have rendered him criminally not responsible for the offences charged."
During the break, mental health experts evaluated the athlete to determine if he has an anxiety disorder that could have influenced his actions when he killed girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
Judge Thokozile Masipa was receiving reports from a panel of one psychologist and three psychiatrists who assessed whether the double-amputee runner was capable of understanding the wrongfulness of his act when he shot Ms Steenkamp last year.
Pistorius wore a dark suit as he sat in the dock in a Pretoria courtroom. Members of his family sat in the gallery. Ms Steenkamp’s mother, June, was also there.
Pistorius says he killed Ms Steenkamp after mistakenly thinking there was an intruder in his home.
The prosecution says he killed her after an argument.