Oscar Pistorius was charged with the murder of his girlfriend who was shot inside his home in South Africa on Thursday Feb 14,2013
Reeva Steenkamp, a model who spoke out on Twitter against rape and abuse of women, was shot four times in the predawn hours in the house, in a gated community in the capital, Pretoria, police said
Oscar Pistorius, centre, is led from the Boschkop police station east of Pretoria, en route to court, Friday Feb. 15, 2012. Oscar Pistorius arrived at a courthouse Friday, for his bail hearing in the murder case of his girlfriend as South Africans braced themselves for the latest development in a story that has stunned the country
Oscar Pistorius was charged on Tuesday Feb 19,2013 with the premeditated murder of his model girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Feb 14,2013.Prosecutor Gerrie Nel told the court that Pistorius shot Reeva Steenkamp(29)four times through the bathroom door of his home in a guarded and gated complex in the South African capital, Pretoria
Oscar Pistorius' family denies he committed murder though they have not addressed whether he shot her. When word first emerged about the killing there was speculation in the local media that Steenkamp had been mistaken for an intruder in Pistorius' home. Police have said that was not something they were considering
Oscar Pistorious Granted Bail -Friday Feb 22,2013
Oscar Pistorious was granted bail today in a South African court, meaning he can be released from jail for the six to eight months before his trial for the allegedly premeditated killing of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
The court set bail at about $113,000 (1 million rand) and June 4 as the date for Pistorius' next court appearance.The judge's ruling came on the fourth and final day of the bail hearing.
Oscar Pistorius sobbed today in court. Barry Roux, his defense attorney, said the prosecution misinterpreted the assigning of intent, meaning that the runner's intent to shoot at a supposed intruder in his home cannot be transferred to someone else who was shot -- in this case, Steenkamp.
"He did not want to kill Reeva," Roux told the court.Bail conditions are -
Oscar Pistorius cannot leave the country; he must hand over his passports; he cannot return to his home as long as it's an active crime scene; he needs permission to leave the Pretoria area; he must visit a police station on a daily basis and be available to a probation officer at all times via cellphone; he is not allowed any communication with prosecution witnesses; he cannot drink alcohol; and he must relinquish his firearms.
"Do you understand?" the magistrate asked him."Yes, sir," Pistorius replied.
Magistrate Desmond Nair, in reading his lengthy decision, said, "The issue before me is whether this accused, being who is and the assets he has [here], would seek to duck and dive all over the world." His conclusion: "I cannot find that he is a flight risk."
Nair said, "The accused has made a case to be released on bail."
Oscar Pistorius made history in London last year when he became the first double—amputee track athlete to compete in the 2012 London Olympic Games
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