"It was very traumatic for me... You can't translate into words the anxiety in her voice," she said of the screams she heard.
The shooting of Reeva Steenkamp was traumatic for witness Michelle Burger, the High Court in Pretoria heard on Monday.
"It was very traumatic for me... You can't translate into words the anxiety in her voice," she said of the screams she heard.
"I thought it was a housebreaking. We thought someone was attacked."
She woke up around 3am when she heard the woman scream twice from the neighbouring Silver Woods Estate, where Pistorius resided.
Pistorius pleaded not guilty to the charge of murder, and contraventions under the Firearms Control Act including possession of ammunition without a licence.
The 27-year-old is accused of murdering Steenkamp at his Pretoria home last year.
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"It was very traumatic for me... You can't translate into words the anxiety in her voice," she said of the screams she heard.
The shooting of Reeva Steenkamp was traumatic for witness Michelle Burger, the High Court in Pretoria heard on Monday.
"It was very traumatic for me... You can't translate into words the anxiety in her voice," she said of the screams she heard.
"I thought it was a housebreaking. We thought someone was attacked."
She woke up around 3am when she heard the woman scream twice from the neighbouring Silver Woods Estate, where Pistorius resided.
Pistorius pleaded not guilty to the charge of murder, and contraventions under the Firearms Control Act including possession of ammunition without a licence.
The 27-year-old is accused of murdering Steenkamp at his Pretoria home last year.
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