Pistorius family refutes claims of pre-trial acting lessons

A spokeswoman for Oscar Pistorius said suggestions that the Paralympian had taken acting lessons ahead of his emotional murder trial testimony were “totally devoid of any truth”.

We “deny that our client has undergone any ‘acting lessons’ or any form of emotional coaching,” Anneliese Burgess, media manager for the Pistorius family, said in a statement on his website.

Pistorius broke down repeatedly in the witness box as he gave his version of shooting dead girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine’s Day last year.