SOUTH AFRICA: Runner Oscar Pistorius expected to report to Brooklyn police station in Pretoria as part of his bail conditions

Record ID: 335382

  • Title: SOUTH AFRICA: Runner Oscar Pistorius expected to report to Brooklyn police station in Pretoria as part of his bail conditions
  • Date: 25th February 2013
  • Summary: PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA (FEBRUARY 25, 2013) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR HOUSE BELONGING TO UNCLE OF OSCAR PISTORIUS, WHERE HE IS STAYING WHILE OUT ON BAIL POLICE VAN PULLS UP OUTSIDE UNCLE'S HOUSE EXTERIOR BROOKLYN POLICE STATION WHERE PISTORIUS MUST REPORT AS PART OF HIS BAIL CONDITIONS
  • Embargoed: 12th March 2013 12:00
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  • Location: South Africa
  • Country: South Africa
  • Topics: Sports
  • Reuters ID: LVA23J9N853TIW1RDGTKWI113YKE
  • Story Text: The world's media was still camped out in Pretoria, South Africa, on Monday morning (February 25) waiting for 'Blade Runner' Oscar Pistorius to make his first appearance at Brooklyn police station, part of his bail conditions.
    Pistorius was granted bail, set at 1m rand (73,000), at his murder trial after a dramatic week of court appearances in which the defence and prosecution laid out details of how the paralympian killed his girlfriend, model and law graduate Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine's Day.
    The paralympian is staying at his uncle Arnold's house ion Waterkloof and his bail conditions require him to go to the police station twice a week until his trial the date of which will be set in June.
    His brother Carl, who came to give his support to Oscar during the trial, was found to be facing charges of culpable homicide on Sunday (February 24) for a driving incident in which a motorcyclist died.
    The magistrate said Pistorius must give up his passports and hand in any guns he might own, he is also not allowed to return to his home, where the killing of Steenkamp took place. He is staying at his uncle's house in Waterkloof, a suburb of Pretoria.
    As the Paralympian "Blade Runner", who competed with able-bodied athletes at last year's London Olympics, reaching the semifinal of the 400 metres, Pistorius became a symbol of triumph over adversity.
    In his native South Africa, he has also been seen as a rare hero for both blacks and whites, transcending racial divides that persist 19 years after the end of apartheid.
    The trial has drawn attention to South Africa's judicial system. Defence counsel criticised police witnesses during the bail hearings and, in a development that prompted further headlines, the lead detective was replaced after it emerged he himself was facing attempted murder charges On Saturday, Steenkamp's father said that if Oscar Pistorius was telling the truth about mistakenly opening fire then "maybe I can forgive him one day". But he added that if the track star were lying "he will have to live with his conscience".
    The Paralympian's next court appearance was scheduled for 4 June.
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