09.05 Here is the video footage of Pistorius on his way to court:
Sent at 09:06 on Friday Olivia: Thanks Sent at 09:06 on Friday me: what is it? Olivia: thanks it's the video of oscar leaving police station for the court Sent at 09:10 on Friday08.37 The arrest of the 26-year-old Olympic and Paralympic track star stunned a nation that reveres him as a hero who triumphed over adversity to compete with able-bodied athletes at the highest levels of sport. Here is the piece from the Telegraph's Paul Hayward from this morning's front page:
Oscar Pistorius is the Blade Runner who united disabled and able-bodied sport. He bestrode the Olympic and Paralympic Games of London 2012 like an advert for the human spirit.
But his cartoon hero status will be inadmissible when he appears in court in Pretoria on Friday charged with murdering his 30-year-old girlfriend.
The death of Reeva Steenkamp from gunshot wounds at Pistorius’s home in a gated community in South Africa was a tragedy with only one true victim: the law graduate, entrepreneur, television presenter and model who died at the hands of perhaps the most famous runner after Usain Bolt, whether accidentally or by design.
08.20 South African media report that the Paralympic and Olympic track star shot his girlfriend four times through a bathroom door at his Pretoria home, Reuters states. More on this as it breaks.
08.12 Two police vehicles arrived at the Pretoria Magistrates' Court, with the amputee athlete sitting in the back of one, his head covered in a jacket. He was expected to apply for bail during the hearing but police have said they would oppose it.
Oscar Pistorius with girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in 2012
08.00 GMT (10.00 SAST) Good morning and welcome to our live coverage as South African sporting hero Oscar Pistorius arrives at a Pretoria court to face charges that he shot his model girlfriend dead. We are live streaming footage from the court at the top of the page this morning - we apologise in advance if there are any breaks in the feed.
Sent at 09:06 on Friday Olivia: Thanks Sent at 09:06 on Friday me: what is it? Olivia: thanks it's the video of oscar leaving police station for the court Sent at 09:10 on Friday08.37 The arrest of the 26-year-old Olympic and Paralympic track star stunned a nation that reveres him as a hero who triumphed over adversity to compete with able-bodied athletes at the highest levels of sport. Here is the piece from the Telegraph's Paul Hayward from this morning's front page:
Oscar Pistorius is the Blade Runner who united disabled and able-bodied sport. He bestrode the Olympic and Paralympic Games of London 2012 like an advert for the human spirit.
But his cartoon hero status will be inadmissible when he appears in court in Pretoria on Friday charged with murdering his 30-year-old girlfriend.
The death of Reeva Steenkamp from gunshot wounds at Pistorius’s home in a gated community in South Africa was a tragedy with only one true victim: the law graduate, entrepreneur, television presenter and model who died at the hands of perhaps the most famous runner after Usain Bolt, whether accidentally or by design.
08.20 South African media report that the Paralympic and Olympic track star shot his girlfriend four times through a bathroom door at his Pretoria home, Reuters states. More on this as it breaks.
08.12 Two police vehicles arrived at the Pretoria Magistrates' Court, with the amputee athlete sitting in the back of one, his head covered in a jacket. He was expected to apply for bail during the hearing but police have said they would oppose it.
Oscar Pistorius with girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in 2012
08.00 GMT (10.00 SAST) Good morning and welcome to our live coverage as South African sporting hero Oscar Pistorius arrives at a Pretoria court to face charges that he shot his model girlfriend dead. We are live streaming footage from the court at the top of the page this morning - we apologise in advance if there are any breaks in the feed.