Judge Thokozile Masipa ruled on Tuesday that Pistorius begin a 30 day period of psychiatric evaluation at Weskoppies Psychiatric Hospital in Pretoria next week. He will most likely receive outpatient treatment.
In terms of the Criminal Procedure Act, a person who commits a crime and suffers from a mental illness or mental defect which makes them incapable of appreciating the wrongfulness of the act; or acting in accordance with an appreciation of the wrongfulness of the act, shall not be criminally responsible for the act.
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