Pistorius social worker says sprinter heartbroken


  • World
  • Thursday, 08 May 2014

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A government social worker assigned to give Oscar Pistorius emotional support after the killing of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, told a court on Thursday the South African track star on trial for murder was heartbroken over the shooting.

Yvette Schalkwyk, who has been visiting Pistorius since Steenkamp's killing on Feb. 14 last year, dismissed suggestions that Pistorius, who has broken down repeatedly in court, was using his emotions to deflect tough questioning.

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