Pursuits
Oscar Pistorius Disputes Charge He Murdered Girlfriend
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Oscar Pistorius, the South African gold-medal winning Paralympian, denied he planned the murder of his girlfriend, saying he shot her through a locked bathroom door thinking she was a burglar.
Magistrate Desmond Nair stopped proceedings in a Pretoria court as Pistorius sobbed inconsolably when his lawyer read a statement of his account of the incident. Prosecutors accuse Pistorius of premeditated murder, arguing he put on his prosthetic legs, walked 20 feet and shot Reeva Steenkamp, 29, three times at his home on Feb. 14, Valentine’s Day.