Tag: Reeva Steenkamp
UPDATE: Pistorius sentenced to six years for murdering girlfriend
South African Paralympic gold medallist Oscar Pistorius was sent to prison for six years on Wednesday for the 2013 murder…
Oscar Pistorius in court for sentencing
South African Paralympic gold medalist Oscar Pistorius arrived in court on Wednesday for sentencing for the 2013 murder of his…
Pistorius walks without his prosthetic leg in court to avoid jail
Oscar Pistorius shuffled without his prosthetic legs through a Pretoria court on Wednesday to demonstrate how vulnerable he is without…
Pistorius to apply for bail on Dec.8
Oscar Pistorius is set to appear in court on Tuesday to apply for bail following his conviction for murdering girlfriend…
Pistorius killed our daughter deliberately—Steenkamps
The parents of Reeva Steenkamp said on Monday that Oscar Pistorius shot dead his girlfriend deliberately. They spoke ahead of…
South African government suspends Pistorius’ parole
South Africa Justice Minister, Michael Masutha, has suspended the parole granted to Oscar Pistorius, who was due to be released…
S.Africa court dismisses attempt by Pistorius’s lawyer to stop appeal
A South Africa court dismissed Friday an attempt by Oscar Pistorius’s lawyers to stop an appeal that could see the…
Pistorius lawyers challenge prosecution’s right to appeal
Oscar Pistorius’s lawyers were in court Friday to make a last-ditch attempt to stop an appeal that could see the…
Steenkamp family welcomes Pistorius jail sentence
The family of slain model Reeva Steenkamp on Tuesday welcomed the sentencing of her killer Oscar Pistorius to up to…
Pistorius must be jailed, prosecutor argues
Prosecutor Gerrie Nel said it would be shockingly inappropriate for Oscar Pistorius not to spend his life behind bars for…
Pistorius back in court for pre-sentencing arguments
Fallen paralympic hero Oscar Pistorius returns to court Monday at the start of his sentencing hearing after he was convicted…
Pistorius Guilty Of Manslaughter
Celebrity athlete Oscar Pistorius was found guilty on Friday of culpable homicide in shooting dead his glamorous girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp,…
Pistorius guilty of culpable homicide
Celebrity athlete Oscar Pistorius was found guilty on Friday of culpable homicide in shooting dead his glamorous girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp,…
Pistorius ‘not guilty’ of murder
Oscar Pistorius was found not guilty of the murder of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp Thursday as a South African judge dismissed…
Judge says Pistorius made ‘conscious decision’ to shoot
South African Judge Thokozile Masipa on Thursday said Oscar Pistorius “took a conscious decision” to arm himself and shoot when…
Pistorius weeps as judge begins murder trial verdict
“Blade Runner” Oscar Pistorius sat weeping in the dock Thursday as a judge began handing down the verdict over the…
Its ‘Judgement Day’ for Oscar Pistorius
“Blade Runner” Oscar Pistorius appears in court on Thursday to face judgement over the killing of his model girlfriend, ending…
Pistorius trial concludes, verdict set for September 11
A verdict in the high profile murder trial of sports star Oscar Pistorius has been set for September 11, after…
Pistorius branded ‘deceitful witness’
South African Olympian Oscar Pistorius returned to the dock Thursday for the finale to his gripping murder trial as lawyers…
Final arguments begin in Pistorius murder trial
South African Olympian Oscar Pistorius returned to the dock on Thursday to hear concluding arguments in his murder trial, with…
Pistorius defence rests case, date set for final arguments
Lawyers defending Oscar Pistorius on charges of murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp rested their case on Tuesday, heralding the final…
Pistorius reports to psychiatric hospital for tests
South Africa’s murder-accused paralympic hero Oscar Pistorius Monday arrived at a psychiatric hospital to begin up to 30-days of tests…
Analysis: Pistorius contradicts himself in the dock
Oscar Pistorius did himself more harm than good when he took the witness stand, say South African lawyers. Throughout five…
Pistorius killed Steenkamp after argument, says prosecutor
Oscar Pistorius argued with his girlfriend shortly before shooting her dead, the prosecution lawyer alleged Monday as his gruelling cross-examination…
Pistorius breaks down in court, forcing trial adjournment
Oscar Pistorius broke down in tears in the dock today, forcing an adjournment in his murder trial, as he recalled…
Pistorius: Reeva Steenkamp was scared of me
Oscar Pistorius, South Africa’s Star Paralympian, returned to the witness box at his murder trial on Tuesday, insisting he and…
Murder trial: Pistorius opens defence
Lawyers for Oscar Pistorius called a forensic pathologist to the stand Monday to open his defence in the trial over…
Judge adjourns Pistorius murder trial
The judge overseeing Oscar Pistorius’s murder trial on Friday adjourned the case for more than a week — just before…
South Africa appoints judge for Pistorius trial
South Africa’s Department of Justice on Monday in Cape Town confirmed that 66-year-old judge, Thokozile Masipa, would preside at the…
Substance found in Pistorius home a ‘sexual stimulant’
A substance found in star athlete Oscar Pistorius’s home during a search by police investigating the killing of his girlfriend…