Pistorius tears up as witness recalls shooting

A weeping Oscar Pistorius shielded his ears as a witness in his murder trial on Thursday, March 6, gave harrowing evidence about desperate attempts to save Reeva Steenkamp’s life after she was shot. Rocking back and forth in the dock, Pistorius put his hands over his ears as neighbor and radiologist Johan Stipp recounted how he entered his house to find the distraught Paralympian bent over, attempting to resuscitate his girlfriend. During the testimony, sobbing could be heard around the courtroom as Steenkamp’s family and friends sat disconsolately arm-in-arm. When court adjourned, the athlete looked visibly shaken. As his lawyers packed up their bags, his sister Aimee, wearing an outfit of all black, went to sit with him in the dock, her arm around his shoulders.

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