By Gerald Imray and Christopher torchia
Associated Press
March 4, 2014
Updated: March 4, 2014 8:52am
PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — The first witness (click here) in the Oscar Pistorius murder trial broke down in tears Tuesday, saying she still remembers the terrified screams of a woman on the night the double-amputee athlete killed his girlfriend by shooting four times through a toilet door.
Associated Press
March 4, 2014
Updated: March 4, 2014 8:52am
PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — The first witness (click here) in the Oscar Pistorius murder trial broke down in tears Tuesday, saying she still remembers the terrified screams of a woman on the night the double-amputee athlete killed his girlfriend by shooting four times through a toilet door.
Michelle Burger,
who lives near Pistorius' home and who had been composed through two
days of grueling cross-examination, wept as she finished her testimony
by speaking about how she had reflected on the early hours of
Valentine's Day last year.
"When
I'm in the shower, I relive her shouts," Burger said of hearing the
woman screaming before the sound of gunshots in the pre-dawn hours of
that night. Burger lives about 177 meters (193 yards) from Pistorius'
house.
Earlier,
the trial was interrupted and the judge ordered an investigation into
allegations that a South African television channel was broadcasting a
photograph of Burger during her testimony — against a court order
guaranteeing privacy to witnesses who request it....
That is a PTSD reaction. The trauma of what she heard is so great and a shock to her life she can't get rid of it. The trauma of Reeva's screams made an indelible impression on that Ms. Burger's survival centers and the court is expected to dismiss that?
That is a PTSD reaction. The trauma of what she heard is so great and a shock to her life she can't get rid of it. The trauma of Reeva's screams made an indelible impression on that Ms. Burger's survival centers and the court is expected to dismiss that?
