Excerpts from Pistorius testimony


PRETORIA (Reuters) - Following are edited extracts of the testimony of South African Olympic and Paralympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius in which he described the moment he shot his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, on Valentine's Day last year.

Pistorius told the court he heard his bathroom window sliding open in the middle of the night. Convinced that one or more intruders were climbing in, he picked up a 9mm pistol from under his bed and moved towards the bathroom on his stumps.

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