Court date: Murder charges against Oscar Pistorius - Commemoration of dead girlfriend

Oscar Pistorius is charged with premeditated murder of his girlfriend. That the Magistrate Court in Pretoria has ruled. This reduces the chances that the 26-year-old is free on bail. The athlete was stunned: he was "absolutely ashamed of the death of my beloved Reeva".

Pretoria - The South African Paralympic star Oscar Pistorius will be charged with "premeditated murder". This is the Magistrate Court in Pretoria ruled on lunch. The judge justified this by saying that they could not rule out that the crime was planned, the TV channel Sky reported live from the hearing in Pretoria. This significantly affected the chances of the 26-year-olds to be freed on bail.



Earlier, the prosecutor had explained it is assumed that the 26-year-old had killed his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine's Day intentionally - and set out in detail what took place in the Tatnacht according to their findings, in the house of the athlete: The couple have been arguing , Steenkamp had gone into the bathroom and had trapped there. The amputee Pistorius put on his prosthesis, took his gun and had gone to the bathroom. There, he shot through the door.
According to the indictment Pistorius fired from a total of four shots. Three of them are said to have taken his 29-year-old girlfriend and fatally injured. Pistorius had shot an "innocent and unarmed woman," said the prosecutor. He also had a motive for murder. That the prosecutor explained, however, not initially.

Pistorius was notified in a written statement that he had Steenkamp not want to kill: He was "absolutely ashamed of the death of my beloved Reeva," it said in the statement, leaving his lawyer to court. "I reject the accusations decided. We were very much in love, we could not be happier."

"It was dark, I was very scared"

Pistorius kept the gun under his bed, therefore, because the Olympic star had received death threats. He had suspected a burglar had entered through the bathroom window in his house, so Pistorius. "It was dark, I was very scared. Since I am not wearing my prosthesis, I felt very vulnerable." With a cricket bat he had broken open the locked bathroom door.

Lawyers for the handicapped professional athletes aiming for a release on bail. They call for a murder charge in minor cases, which would correspond in German law manslaughter. His client had mistaken for a burglar Steenkamp said defender Barry Roux: "There is no evidence that it was done intentionally."
Following the decision of the Court of athletes broke down in tears, before he was out for a break in the negotiations from the courtroom. Pictures of the TV channel Sky from the courtroom showed that Pistorius' parents and siblings were crying also.

In Port Elizabeth, friends and relatives of the deceased Reeva Steenkamp imaginary with a church service. Only about 90 people were invited by the family to attend the memorial service at the Church of Victoria Park Cemetery. After the service should Steenkamp, ​​according to a legal education, especially as a model and presenter earned her money, in the presence of a few family members are buried.