Oscar
Pistorius appeared in court today and gave his account of what
happened at his home the night he shot his girlfriend dead.
He claimed he had been
on the balcony of his house when he heard noises from the bathroom. Believing
Reeva Steenkamp was asleep in bed, he grabbed his gun and shouted a warning
before firing four shots through the door. It was only then, Pistorius claims that
he realised Miss Steenkamp was not in bed.
'I kicked the door
open,' he said 'I tried to help her but she died in my arms.'
You
shouted a warning and she didn't respond? I'm beginning to believe this man is
a cold blooded killer. His explanation makes no sense. Is the bathroom not in
the bedroom? And to walk from the balcony to the bed where he kept his gun,
wouldn't he have noticed his girlfriend was not in bed? See his full statement
after the cut.
I have
been informed I have been accused of murder – I deny the accusation. Nothing
can be further from the truth that I planned the murder of my girlfriend.
On 13 Feb Reeva would
have gone out with her friends, me with mine. She wanted to stay at home. I was
watching TV. My legs were off. She was doing yoga. At the end of the evening we
got into bed.
I’m accutely aware of
people gaining entries to homes to commit crime, I’ve received death threats. I
sleep with my 9mm under my bed. I woke up to close the sliding door and heard a
noise in the bathroom.
'I was scared and didn’t
switch on the light. I got my gun and moved towards the bathroom. I screamed at
the intruder because I did not have my legs on I felt vulnerable. I fired shots
through the bathroom door and told Reeva to call police.
'I walked back to the
bed and realised Reeva was not in bed. Its then it dawned on me it could be her
in there.
'I kicked the door open.
Called paramedics and complex security. I tried to carry her downstairs for
help.I tried to help her but she died in my arms.
'With the benefit of
hindsight I realise that Reeva went to the bathroom when I went to close the
balcony door.'
'I make this affadavit
of my own free will and have not been influenced. Contents is true and correct.
I am an international
sports star, I will not evade my trial. After the shooting I did not flee the
scene. I remained until the police arrived.
The
prosecutors don't believe his story
The applicant armed
himself, attached his prosthesis, walked seven metres to the bathroom and shot
the deceased while she was in the toilet. He shot four times...There's no
possible explanation to support his report that he thought it was a burglar,'
The prosecutor said. 'If I arm myself, walk a distance and murder a person,
that is premeditated. 'The door is closed. There is no doubt. I walk seven
metres and I kill. The motive is 'I want to kill'. That's it,' he added.
'This deceased was in a 1.4 by 1.14 metre little room. She could go nowhere.'
Oscar will appear in
court again tomorrow. Meanwhile Reeva's funeral service held today
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