what has happened. he has to live with the weight of it. i set over and i cried. an in-depth look at the story that stunned the world. murder and the blade runner. olympic runner, oscar pistorius, is charged with the murder of his girlfriend. you realize she is not coming back and it hits you. you can t deny that reeva was killed by himself, at his house. what everybody will be watching for is whether he can prove he intended to kill? i did not kill reeva. you want to believe him, you really, really, really want to believe him. hello, and welcome to dateline. reeva and oscar pistorius were a dazzling couple . she was a brilliant model, he was an athlete famous for defying the odds. their futures glowed with promise, then, reeva was gunned down. as police investigated, a chilling question transfixed the world, was her death an accident, or it was south africa s national hero a murderer? here is keith morrison with the rise and fall of oscar pistorius. s
the south african has served just over half of his jail sentence, following a crime and trial that dominated international headlines. he shot reeva steenkamp multiple times through a bathroom door on valentine s day in 2013, later claiming he mistook herfor a burglar at their home in pretoria. these are live pictures of the prison in atteridgeville where pistorius has been held for the past nine years. from pretoria, daniel de simone sent this report. oscar pistorius is champion. oscar pistorius is champion. oscar pistorius is champion. oscar pistorius convicted murderer today leaves prison on parole. he was once a paralympic and olympic superstar, nicknamed the blade runner. his victim was girlfriend reeva steenkamp, a law graduate and model. pistorius murdered her on valentine s day on 2013 by shooting four times to allot the toilet door at a time.
the neighbor s husband even identical account. she started screaming again. at that point, the intensity and the fear in her voice escalated. and it was clear that this person s life was in danger. that s when the first shots were fired. oscar s next door neighbor testified she heard a loud argument more than an hour before the shooting. i heard sounds. it seemed like somebody was involved in a fight. and these people are talking in loud voices, my lady. and around about 3:00 in the morning, i heard four gunshots. which went through the door behind which reeva steenkamp was standing, said the prosecutor. he brought the door to court, bullet holes all along. and then the state s ballistic expert described how, shot by, shot through that door, oscar took reeva s life. most probably, it will gonna
regardless of the worst possible thing my mom could do i will still defend her. and i would be a supporter. did you take her at her word? yes. that she didn t do it? yeah. i mean, she s my mom. she s my mom. no matter what he saw on that box, he told us, no matter what it means to a quarter blah or whatever s may say about his choice, he is and always will be his mother s son. and he loved them both in their place of paradise. still does. regardless of the horror here carries around. in that box. i m great valid and this is dateline. i thought there was a burglar in my house. before i knew, would i fired four shots at the door. he is struggling a lot with