Pistorius re-enacts Steenkamp shooting in leaked video

The judge in the Oscar Pistorius murder trial has adjourned proceedings until 7 August to allow the legal teams to prepare and submit their closing arguments.

The Olympic and Paralympic athlete's defence team wrapped up its case today.

Video footage of paralympian Oscar Pistorius re-enacting the night he shot dead Reeva Steenkamp will be broadcast on Australian television.

The video, which is already online, shows the athlete walking, without his prosthetic legs, across his apartment, as if holding a gun, watched by various men in suits.

His defence team say the footage was part of a number of exercises that made up part of their forensics analysis of the night, and were obtained illegally.

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Oscar Pistorius is severely traumatised after killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp and will become an increasing suicide risk unless he continues to receive mental health care, a court heard today.

Defence lawyer Barry Roux read excerpts from a psychologist's report at Pistorius' murder trial that said the athlete has depression and post-traumatic stress disorder

"His condition is likely to worsen" if professional treatment for those conditions is halted, he told the Pretoria court.

Pistorius denies murdering Steenkamp on Valentine's Day year, claiming he opened fire after mistakenly thinking there was an intruder in the bathroom.

Oscar Pistorius did not have a mental health problem when he killed his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine's Day last year, his murder trial has heard.

Pistorius' trial resumed today after the Olympic and Paralympic athlete underwent a 30-day psychiatric evaluation, during which a panel of experts assessed his mental state at the time of the shooting and whether Pistorius was capable of understanding the wrongfulness of the act.

The evaluation came after a psychiatrist, Dr Merryll Vorster, testified for the defence that Pistorius had an anxiety disorder that could have contributed to the killing.

Pistorius denies murder and told the Pretoria court that he opened fire after mistakenly thinking there was an intruder in the bathroom.

Oscar Pistorius murder trial resumes: Latest updates

ITV News Africa Correspondent Rohit Kachroo reports from Oscar Pistorius' murder trial:

Oscar Pistorius murder trial resumes: Latest updates

Reeva Steenkamp's mother June Steenkamp was in court today as the Oscar Pistorius murder trial resumed.

Pistorius, who denies murder, claims he shot the 29-year-old model by mistake through a toilet door at his house, thinking she was an intruder.

Oscar Pistorius murder trial: Latest updates

Oscar Pistorius' doctor has told the court the defendant would have difficulty firing a gun as the recoil would have an impact on his balance.

Dr Versfeld said, "If he is stretching out and he's having difficulty balancing, then the recoil would have an effect on him".

Pistorius denies murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, saying he mistakenly believed she was an intruder when he shot her through the bathroom door.

Oscar Pistorius murder trial resumes: Latest updates

Oscar Pistorius' murder trial has heard the athlete's "ability to ward off danger is impaired" when he is not wearing his prosthesis.

Dr Versfeld told the high court in Pretoria, "While I would expect that he could carry a cricket bat ... I don't believe that he would be able to strike anything with that cricket bat with any type of force ... because he would overbalance and fall down."

ITV News Africa Correspondent Rohit Kachroo reports:

Oscar Pistorius murder trial resumes: Latest updates

Oscar Pistorius has shown the court what mobility he has when he is not wearing his prosthesis.

ITV News Africa Correspondent Rohit Kachroo reports from the Pretoria court:

Oscar Pistorius murder trial resumes: Latest updates

ITV News Africa Correspondent Rohit Kachroo reports as Oscar Pistorius' doctor gives evidence at his murder trial:

Oscar Pistorius murder trial resumes: Latest updates