Judge begins reading verdict in Pistorius trial
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PRETORIA -- The judge in the Oscar Pistorius murder trial on Thursday read the reasoning behind her upcoming verdict on whether the double-amputee athlete intentionally killed girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp and appeared to initially agree with parts of Pistorius' account that it was a mistaken killing.
Judge Thokozile Masipa told Pistorius he could remain seated on a wooden bench in the South African courtroom until she asked him to stand, and then proceeded to explain her assessment of the testimonies of some of the 37 witnesses who testified at the double-amputee Olympian's dramatic trial. This verdict phase was expected to take hours and possibly even two days to fully read out.
