Update -- Judge Begins Delivering Verdict In Pistorius Trial

(ATR)Olympian Oscar Pistorius has at least one more day in court.

Thursday morning,Judge Thokozile Masipa began delivering a verdict and rejected a charge ofpremeditated murder. The Paralympian still faces a charge of culpable homicide as well as three other weapons charges.

The Pretoria High Court adjourned at 2:30 PM and the formal verdict is still yet to be announced.

Earlier, BBC News reports Judge Masipa ruled Pistorius could not have foreseen he would kill the person behind the toilet door.

"It follows that the accused's erroneous belief that his life was in danger excludes dolus," the judge said during her evaluation of evidence on Thursday."The accused therefore cannot be found guilty of murder, dolus eventualis.

"That however is not the end of the matter, as culpable homicide is a competent verdict."

A verdict of culpable homicide depends on whether the judge accepts testimony from Pistorius that he mistook Reeva Steenkamp for an intruder before fatally shooting her on Valentine's Day last year.

Culpable homicide, a lesser charge than murder, would leave the sentence at Judge Masipa's discretion.

Prior to adjourning court for the day, Judge Masipa acknowledged the Olympic sprinter's conduct was negligent."There is no reason or no explanation why [Pistorius] could not call police before he ventured toward the bathroom with a loaded firearm," Masipa said.

Despite having grown up in a "crime-riddled environment and with a paranoid mother," Masipa said Pistorius acted unreasonably the night he shot Steenkamp."Many people experience crime," she said to the court, "many have been victims [and] not resorted to sleeping with firearms under their pillows.

"The accused had time to reflect, to think, and to conduct himself reasonably."

Written byNicole Bennett

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