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Grisly details of killing emerge at Oscar Pistorius murder trial

The first witness in the high-profile Oscar Pistorius murder trial testified to hearing a woman’s “blood-curdling” screams before the sound of four gunshots on the night the double-amputee Olympian killed his girlfriend.

Zee Media Bureau
Pretoria: The first witness in the high-profile Oscar Pistorius murder trial testified to hearing a woman’s “blood-curdling” screams before the sound of four gunshots on the night the double-amputee Olympian killed his girlfriend. “You could hear it was blood-curdling screams. You can’t translate it into words. The anxiousness in her voice, and fear. It leaves you cold.” Pistorius neighbour Michell Burger told the court. Earlier, Oscar Pistorius buried his head in his hands and wiped away tears after a South African court on Tuesday heard grisly details of the killing of his girlfriend, the first sign of emotion from the track star in his two-day murder trial. The Olympian and Paralympian has been largely impassive during the trial for the murder of model and law graduate Reeva Steenkamp in his suburban Pretoria home on Valentine`s Day last year. Pistorius has pleaded not guilty, saying he shot Steenkamp through a toilet door after mistaking her for an intruder. He leaned forward in the dock and clasped his head between his hands as lead defence lawyer Barry Roux read out details from the post mortem, including that "some fragments of the bullet" were removed from the 29-year-old`s head. Roux also heaped scorn on the testimony of neighbour Michelle Burger, who said she heard a scream fade away after the shots, saying that Steenkamp would have "dropped immediately" due to a bullet in the head. Steenkamp was declared dead at the scene after being hit in the head, arm and hip from three bullets from a 9 mm pistol. With Agency Inputs