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Pistorius ordered to take mental health tests
May 14, 2014
The judge in the Oscar Pistorius murder trial ordered the athlete to undergo psychiatric evaluation, a move that will put the trial on ice for at least a month.

Judge Thokozile Masipa based her decision on testimony by a psychiatrist who evaluated the athlete for the defense. "A doubt has been created" that Pistorius may have a psychiatric issue that would affect the court's verdict, so she must order the testing, the judge said Wednesday. Read
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