Pistorius
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Pistorius prosecutors to appeal verdict, sentence
World | Oct 28, 2014, 01:04 PM ISTJohannesburg: South African prosecutors involved in the Oscar Pistorius case will appeal the verdict and sentence on the double-amputee Olympic athlete's manslaughter conviction, which resulted in a five-year prison term for the fatal shooting of
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Psychologist says Pistorius is 'broken man'
Other Sports | Oct 13, 2014, 03:28 PM ISTPretoria, South Africa: Oscar Pistorius is a "broken man" after killing girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp because he lost the woman he said he loved as well as his reputation, friends, income and sense of self-worth, a
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Judge says Pistorius should get psychiatrist test
Other Sports | May 14, 2014, 02:08 PM ISTPRETORIA, South Africa : The judge overseeing the murder trial of Oscar Pistorius has ordered the double-amputee athlete to undergo psychiatric tests, meaning that the trial proceedings will be delayed. The decision Wednesday by Judge
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Pistorius breaks down on stand in murder trial
Other Sports | Apr 14, 2014, 04:54 PM ISTPretoria, South Africa: The chief prosecutor in the murder trial of Oscar Pistorius on Monday accused him of tailoring his version of how he killed his girlfriend to fit evidence at the scene, exhaustively listing
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Prosecutor mocks Pistorius' version of events
Other Sports | Apr 11, 2014, 07:32 AM ISTPRETORIA, South Africa : The chief prosecutor laughed scornfully at an answer from Oscar Pistorius during the Olympic athlete's murder trial Thursday, mocking the man who shot his girlfriend. The judge sternly instructed the prosecutor
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Pistorius urged to look at photo of dead lover
Other Sports | Apr 09, 2014, 07:03 PM ISTPretoria, South Africa: The chief prosecutor in Oscar Pistorius' murder trial on Wednesday urged the athlete to "take responsibility" for fatally shooting his girlfriend, telling him to look at a police photograph of a dead
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Pistorius wails while recalling shooting
Other Sports | Apr 09, 2014, 01:23 PM ISTPretoria, South Africa: A subdued Oscar Pistorius on Tuesday described dinner at home, chatting and looking at cell phone photos with Reeva Steenkamp on the last night of her life. Then he erupted in anguished
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Pistorius takes prosthetics off during testimony
Other Sports | Apr 08, 2014, 05:24 PM ISTPretoria, South Africa: Oscar Pistorius described what he said were the moments before he shot Reeva Steenkamp to death and even removed his prosthetic legs in court and stood by the toilet door which he
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Oscar Pistorius expected to testify at his murder trial.
Other Sports | Mar 26, 2014, 09:04 AM ISTPRETORIA, South Africa : Oscar Pistorius will probably testify at his trial later this week, a defense attorney said Tuesday after prosecutors rested their case against the double-amputee runner who is accused of murder in
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Olympics runner Oscar Pistorious trial: he loved guns, firearms expert tells court.
Other Sports | Mar 17, 2014, 08:52 PM ISTPRETORIA, South Africa : Months before he killed his girlfriend, Oscar Pistorius said he drew his gun and went into "combat mode" after hearing the noise of a possible intruder at home, which turned out
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Pistorius photographed in bloodied prosthetics
Other Sports | Mar 14, 2014, 07:47 PM ISTPretoria, South Africa: Police photographs of Oscar Pistorius standing on his blood-stained prosthetic legs and wearing shorts covered in blood, taken shortly after the athlete fatally shot his girlfriend, were shown to the court at
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Pistorius told me 'everything is fine': Security Gaurd
Other Sports | Mar 08, 2014, 11:06 AM ISTPRETORIA, South Africa : Oscar Pistorius told a concerned security guard on the phone that everything was "fine" after neighbors reported gunshots coming from the athlete's house the night he shot dead his girlfriend, according
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Witness: Pistorius prayed over his shot girlfriend.
Other Sports | Mar 06, 2014, 06:35 PM ISTPRETORIA, South Africa : Oscar Pistorius shook slightly, his hands covering his ears as a neighbor described in court Thursday how the famous athlete knelt next to his dead or dying girlfriend, praying as he
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Witness cries at Pistorius murder trial on 2nd day
Other Sports | Mar 05, 2014, 11:20 AM ISTPretoria, South Africa : The first witness in the Oscar Pistorius murder trial broke down in tears Tuesday, saying she still remembers the terrified screams of a woman on the night the double-amputee Olympic athlete
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Pistorius pleads not guilty at start of trial
Other Sports | Mar 03, 2014, 06:16 PM ISTPretoria, South Africa: The first witness in the Oscar Pistorius murder trial testified Monday to hearing "blood-curdling" screams before the sound of four gunshots on the night the double-amputee Olympian killed his girlfriend. Michell Burger,
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Know the main players of Pistorius murder trial
Other Sports | Oct 16, 2014, 10:52 AM ISTPretoria, South Africa: A female judge will ultimately decide Oscar Pistorius' fate and pronounce him innocent or guilty of murder in his girlfriend's shooting death on Valentine's Day last year. South Africa has no trial
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Pistorius says he mourns for girlfriend he killed
Other Sports | Feb 14, 2014, 12:32 PM ISTJohannesburg: Oscar Pistorius, the celebrated athlete who became a murder suspect, said Friday that he is consumed by grief on the first anniversary of the day that he fatally shot his girlfriend in his home.
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Pistorius lawyers still negotiating settlement
Other Sports | Jan 23, 2014, 07:08 PM ISTCape Town, South Africa: Oscar Pistorius' lawyers have been negotiating an out-of court settlement for nearly six months with representatives of the parents of slain girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, which a legal expert says could be
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Two gun charges against Pistorius
Other Sports | Oct 30, 2013, 01:51 PM ISTPretoria: The murder-accused paralympian Oscar Pistorius will face two gun related charges at his trial.South Africa's prosecution department has said in Pretoria Tuesday that the additional charges are related to two incidents where Pistorius allegedly
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Pistorius investigators reattaching the bullet-marks on toilet door
Other Sports | Oct 04, 2013, 11:44 AM ISTJohannesburg: Forensic experts working for Oscar Pistorius have visited the double-amputee Olympian's upscale villa where he killed his girlfriend to reconstruct the Valentines' Day crime scene, reattaching the bullet-marked toilet door through which the fatal