Oscar Pistorius talks on a mobile phone while arriving in a car at the Weskoppies Psychiatric Hospital on May 26 2014 in Pretoria. A South African judge on May 20, 2014 ordered Oscar Pistorius to undergo up to 30 days of psychiatric tests to establish if he is "criminally responsible" for killing his girlfriend on Valentine's Day 2013. AFP PHOTO / MUJAHID SAFODIEN
Security was tight at the facility and a huge media contingent had gathered there, SABC reported.
Last week, the High Court in Pretoria ordered that Pistorius be evaluated by four specialists when admitted as a day-patient for mental observation.
Three psychiatrists and one clinical psychologist would evaluate Pistorius to determine whether his general anxiety disorder and his disability had an effect on him when he shot dead his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine’s Day last year.
Pistorius was ordered to go to Weskoppies from Monday and every weekday thereafter. He would stay there from 9am until 4pm, or until he had been excused. The evaluation would not exceed 30 days, Judge Thokozile Masipa said.
Pistorius’s trial has been postponed to June 30.
The order was made after forensic psychiatrist Merryll Vorster told the court Pistorius had general anxiety disorder. Based on this, the State applied to have him referred.
General anxiety disorder is a common anxiety disorder that involves chronic worrying, nervousness, and tension.
– Sapa
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