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# oscar-pistorius - Tuesday 16 April, 2013
Forty-nine mobile phones were confiscated from officers at the Pretoria station where Pistorius was initially held.
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# oscar-pistorius - Friday 12 April, 2013
A spokeswoman for the Pistorius family, said the athlete had begun a process of ‘interacting with people’.
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# oscar-pistorius - Thursday 11 April, 2013
# oscar-pistorius - Friday 5 April, 2013
There has been speculation Pistorius would attempt to qualify for the World Championships in Moscow after he returned to the training track recently.
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# oscar-pistorius - Thursday 4 April, 2013
A teenager snapped the Blade Runner back on the track for the first time since the killing of Reeva Steenkamp.
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# oscar-pistorius - Wednesday 3 April, 2013
The South African Paralympian has already been allowed to travel overseas.
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# oscar-pistorius - Thursday 28 March, 2013
Pistorius, who stands accused of murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, is due back in court on 4 June.
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# oscar-pistorius - Friday 22 March, 2013
The athlete is set to learn his fate in relation to the decision on March 28.
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# oscar-pistorius - Monday 11 March, 2013
According to a close friend, the sprinter’s state of mind had worsened since he was tasked with selling his racehorses to raise money to pay for his spiralling legal fees.
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The athlete’s lawyers insist he should be allowed to travel outside of South Africa and drink alcohol.
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# oscar-pistorius - Friday 8 March, 2013
eNCA news channel said lawyers for the sprint star will ask for his ban on foreign travel to be lifted.
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# oscar-pistorius - Thursday 7 March, 2013
The South African detective who bungled investigations into the case against Paralympian star sprinter Oscar Pistorius has quit the force.
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Pistorius, who was freed from police detention on bail, shot girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in the early hours of Valentine’s Day.
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# oscar-pistorius - Wednesday 6 March, 2013
# oscar-pistorius - Saturday 2 March, 2013
The track star not only applied for licenses to own more guns, but actually bought them, according to reports.
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# oscar-pistorius - Thursday 28 February, 2013
The magazine explores ‘South Africa’s culture of violence’.
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# oscar-pistorius - Wednesday 27 February, 2013
Pistorius was freed on bail on Friday ahead of a trial on a murder charge over the Valentine’s Day killing of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
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# oscar-pistorius - Tuesday 26 February, 2013
Exactly a week ago, a memorial service was held for Steenkamp in the southern coast city of Port Elizabeth.
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# oscar-pistorius - Sunday 24 February, 2013
The charge is as a result of a car accident in 2010 in which a female motorcyclist was killed.
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Featuring Marina Hyde on Oscar Pistorius, Spailpín Fánach on Joe Brolly and an elaborate tribute to Michael Jordan as he turns 50.
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# oscar-pistorius - Saturday 23 February, 2013
Barry Steenkamp said that he might be able to forgive the Olympian one day if he is telling the truth.
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# oscar-pistorius - Friday 22 February, 2013
Oscar Pistorius was granted bail by a South African court earlier today.
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The 26-year-old will stand trial later this year.
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Some lawyers say the state has failed to present a strong enough case to keep Pistorius behind bars as the hearing enters a fourth day.
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# oscar-pistorius - Thursday 21 February, 2013
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
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Officer Hilton Botha is no longer the lead investigator, South Africa Police said today.
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The 26-year-old athlete’s trial for the murder of Reeva Steenkamp will take place later this year.
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Arnold Pistorius gave insights into how the 26-year-old athlete is behaving in the wake of the death of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
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Charges against the detective has been withdrawn and Botha said he thought their reinstatement was linked to his work on this case.
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# oscar-pistorius - Wednesday 20 February, 2013
Photographers were briefly allowed to work inside the courtroom today.
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Today’s hearing threw up many questions: was there testosterone in the house? Did Pistorius call paramedics? Was there a fight between the victim and the defendant? Why was he previously arrested?
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As there are no trial juries in South Africa, papers are not fearful of prejudicing proceedings.
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The South African athlete faces an uphill task to be granted bail while he awaits trial for the murder of his girlfriend last Thursday.
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# oscar-pistorius - Tuesday 19 February, 2013
The court has adjourned the athlete’s bail hearing until 9am (South African time) tomorrow.
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The bulletin on the digital station Radio 6 Music was followed by the Jimi Hendrix Experience’s version of “Hey Joe”.
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Oscar Pistorius’ father makes controversial gun comments
Henke Pistorius caused controversy by saying crime was so rife citizens were forced to keep weapons for protection.
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