– Terrible nightmares –
The athlete was speaking publicly for the first time about the events surrounding Steenkamp’s death.
Since that fateful night, “I’ve had terrible nightmares,” he said, adding: “I wake up at night smelling blood.”
He also said he has been on anti-depressants since the shooting.
Pistorius told the court that on one occasion after waking in the middle of the night he crawled into a cupboard because he was so scared.
Monday’s session seemed just as harrowing for the sprinter.
Since that fateful night, “I’ve had terrible nightmares,” he said, adding: “I wake up at night smelling blood.”
The court was forced to adjourn for the day ahead of schedule after defence lawyer Barry Roux said his witness was exhausted by a lack of sleep and the day’s ordeal.
“Well he does look exhausted, he sounds exhausted,” said Judge Thokozile Masipa, granting the defence an adjournment until Tuesday.
After five weeks of prosecution testimony, Monday was the first day of Pistorius’s defence.
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