Oscar Pistorius complained he was "tired" Friday in his murder trial in South Africa, prompting Judge Thokozile Masipa to ask if that was "the reason you're making all these mistakes" in testimony.
The Olympic athlete, charged in the death of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, several times contradicted himself, recanted or apologized for "mistakes" in his statement. He added that this was not going to change.
But Masipa cautioned Pistorius that if he was making mistakes because he was tired, he must say so. "It's important that you should be all here when you are in that witness box," she told him. "If you are tired and that's the reason you're making all these mistakes you must say so. It doesn't help to say it won't change." - L.A. Times
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