Oscar Pistorius awaiting the start of court proceedings in the Pretoria Magistrates Court on Feb. 19, 2013 (© Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters)

Paralympian Pistorius charged with premeditated Valentine's Day murder

2/19/2013

South African Paralympian Oscar Pistorius was charged Tuesday with premeditated murder — the same day that the life of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, was celebrated at a memorial in her hometown of Port Elizabeth. Pistorius cried as the prosecuting attorney laid out the government's case, which contends that Steenkamp was cowering behind a locked bathroom door while Pistorius blasted gunshots through it. The athlete maintains that he believed he was shooting at a burglar who'd barricaded himself inside while Steenkamp was in bed. [Source]

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