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Pistorius witness heard screams
A neighbour of murder-accused Oscar Pistorius told the High Court in Pretoria on Monday that she heard three screams for help.
FILE PICTURE: Oscar Pistorius covers his face during his trial at the high court in Pretoria, Monday, 7 April 2014. Pistorius is charged with murder for the shooting death of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Valentines Day in 2013. Picture: Themba Hadebe/AP/Pool
Carice Viljoen said she was woken by her dog barking in her bedroom in the early morning of February 14 last year.
“It wasn’t only my dog that was barking. Other dogs in the neighbourhood were also restless and barking,” she said to questioning by Barry Roux, for Pistorius.
She said she had left sliding balcony doors open. As she moved to close them, Viljoen said she heard screams for help. She was struck with fear and got onto her bed. Viljoen’s father Johan Stander testified before her on Monday.
The Standers and Pistorius were neighbours in the Silver Woods Estate, Pretoria.
Pistorius is charged with murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
He shot through the locked toilet door of his home on February 14 last year, apparently thinking she was an intruder. The State argues he shot her during an argument.
Pistorius has pleaded not guilty.
– Sapa
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