Pistorius neighbor heard ‘bloodcurdling screams’

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“Terrible screams” awakened Michelle Burger, a neighbor of South African athlete Oscar Pistorius, in the early hours of February 14 last year. Pistorius had pleaded not guilty in the murder of his girlfriend, 29-year-old Reeva Steenkamp whom, Pistorius said, he mistook for an intruder. “She screamed terribly and she yelled for help. Then I also heard a man screaming for help. Three times he yelled for help,” Burger told the court. Burger also said it was very traumatic for her. “You could hear blood curdling screams,” she said.
 
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