--- description: The judge in the murder trial of Oscar Pistorius has delayed proceedings until April 7, as one of the judge's two accessors is ill title: Oscar Pistorius Murder Trial Delayed as Judge's Aide Hospitalized image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7c5ceb6133ec8466/698687c113c79f25831914c7/rtr3iy1c.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Pistorius Trial Delayed as Judge's Aide Hospitalized by [Michelle Arrouas](/author/michelle-arrouas/) ## Michelle Arrouas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 28, 2014 10:09 AM CUT  Oscar Pistorius was expected to testify for the first time Friday Oscar Pistorius was expected to testify for the first time Friday© Siphiwe Sibeko – Reuters by [Michelle Arrouas](/author/michelle-arrouas/) ## Michelle Arrouas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 28, 2014 10:09 AM CUT The judge in the murder trial of Oscar Pistorius has delayed proceedings until April 7, as one of his two accessors is ill in hospital, [AP reports.](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AF%5FPISTORIUS%5FTRIAL?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT "undefined") The athlete, known as “blade runner” because of his trademark prosthetic limbs, was expected to take the stand Friday as his defense lawyers begin their case. The last four weeks have been taken up by the prosecution. Pistorius fatally shot his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp last February and faces a 25-year sentence if convicted of her murder. The 27-year-old South African maintains that he mistook Steenkamp for an intruder in his home and shot her through the bathroom door by accident. \[[AP](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AF%5FPISTORIUS%5FTRIAL?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/41329/pistorius-trial-delayed-as-judges-aide-hospitalized/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/41329/pistorius-trial-delayed-as-judges-aide-hospitalized/"},"headline":"Pistorius Trial Delayed as Judge's Aide Hospitalized","datePublished":"2014-03-28T10:09:10.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T07:01:02.920Z","description":"Oscar Pistorius, the 27-year-old Paralympian charged with murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in February 2013, was expected to take the stand on Friday but will wait until the trial reconvenes on April 7","url":"https://time.com/41329/pistorius-trial-delayed-as-judges-aide-hospitalized/","keywords":["South Africa","oscar pistorius","Reeva Steenkamp"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7c5ceb6133ec8466/698687c113c79f25831914c7/rtr3iy1c.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Michelle Arrouas","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/michelle-arrouas/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7c5ceb6133ec8466/698687c113c79f25831914c7/rtr3iy1c.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Pistorius arrives ahead of his trial at North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria","caption":"Pistorius arrives ahead of his trial at North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria","creditText":"© Siphiwe Sibeko – Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/41329/pistorius-trial-delayed-as-judges-aide-hospitalized/","name":"Pistorius Trial Delayed as Judge's Aide Hospitalized"}}]}] ```