State Rests in Pistorius Case as Texts Reveal Strained Relations
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The prosecution in Oscar Pistorius’s murder trial rested its case after a police investigator revealed text messages showing a warm, yet troubled relationship with model Reeva Steenkamp before the paralympian gold medalist killed her.
The trial at the High Court in Pretoria, South Africa’s capital, adjourned today and will resume on March 28. Double-amputee Pistorius, 27, has pleaded not guilty to murdering Steenkamp on Valentine’s Day last year, and three gun-related charges. He says he thought Steenkamp was an intruder when he shot her through a locked toilet cubicle door in his bathroom.