Judge Grants Bail for Oscar Pistorius
By Robyn Curnow, Chelsea J. Carter PRETORIA, South Africa (CNN) — A magistrate granted bail Friday to Oscar Pistorius, citing a number of problems with the police investigation into the death of the...
View ArticlePistorius’ Brother Also Facing Murder Charges
By Holly Yan and Nkepile Mabuse JOHANNESBURG (CNN) — As Olympic icon Oscar Pistorius faces a murder trial for shooting his girlfriend, his older brother is also charged in the death of a woman. Carl...
View ArticleUncle: ‘Traumatized’ Pistorius Not Back to Training
By Harry Reekie and Jason Hanna, CNN (CNN) — South African sprinter Oscar Pistorius is “not back on any official training program,” his uncle Arnold Pistorius said Thursday, rejecting media reports...
View Article‘Blade Runner’ Makes Brief Court Appearance
By Robin Curnow and Holly Yan, CNN PRETORIA, South Africa (CNN) — During a swift pre-trial hearing Tuesday, a South African judge delayed Oscar Pistorius‘ murder case for two months — and warned that...
View ArticlePistorius Neighbor: ‘Bloodcurdling Screams’ the Night of the Killing
PRETORIA, South Africa (CNN) — The murder trial of Oscar Pistorius opened Monday with chilling testimony from the South African amputee track star’s neighbor, who described “bloodcurdling screams”...
View ArticleOscar Pistorius Defense Attorney Quizzes Neighbor Over Screams
PRETORIA, South Africa (CNN) — A defense attorney Tuesday tried to poke holes in the highly emotional testimony of the first witness in the murder trial of Olympian double-amputee Oscar Pistorius, as...
View ArticleAutopsy Details Revealed in Oscar Pistorius Murder Trial
PRETORIA, South Africa (CNN) — Reeva Steenkamp suffered three devastating injuries, any one of which could potentially have killed her, when her boyfriend Oscar Pistorius shot hollow-tipped bullets...
View ArticlePistorius: ‘That’s the Moment Everything Changed’
PRETORIA, South Africa (CNN) — Oscar Pistorius gave a dramatic account of the time leading up to the moment when he shot dead his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, as he testified Tuesday in his murder...
View ArticleOscar Pistorius Witness: He was ‘Praying, Crying, Torn Apart’
PRETORIA, South Africa (CNN) — Johan Stander says he never wants to experience again what he experienced the night Oscar Pistorius killed his girlfriend. Pistorius, he said, was “praying, crying, torn...
View ArticleLawyer: Oscar Pistorius re-enactment video ‘unlawfully’ obtained by TV show
(CNN) — Video of Oscar Pistorius re-enacting how he says he killed his girlfriend was illegally obtained by the Australian television network that aired it Sunday, a lawyer for the former Olympian...
View ArticleJudge: Pistorius was negligent, but Steenkamp killing was not ‘murder’
Watch Video PRETORIA, South Africa — The night he killed Reeva Steenkamp, Oscar Pistorius did not commit murder, the judge at his trial said Thursday. He did not intend to kill her, Judge Thokozile...
View ArticleOscar Pistorius a ‘broken man,’ psychologist says at sentencing hearing
Watch Video Oscar Pistorius was a “broken man”after the death of his girlfriend, a psychologist said Monday, as the defense used a sentencing hearing to persuade the judge of his fragile emotional...
View ArticleOscar Pistorius sentenced for killing his girlfriend
(CNN) — From a globally lauded athlete to convicted killer, Oscar Pistorius’ fall from grace culminated Tuesday with a five-year sentence in the shooting death of his girlfriend. The sentence was...
View ArticleJudge rules whether prosecutors can appeal Pistorius’ conviction
JOHANNESBURG (CNN) — A judge in Pretoria ruled Wednesday that South African prosecutors can appeal Oscar Pistorius’ conviction, but denied the state’s bid to appeal his sentence. Prosecutors had said...
View ArticleParole board to recommend Oscar Pistorius be released in August
(CNN) — A parole board is set to recommend that the disgraced athlete Oscar Pistorius, convicted in the killing of his girlfriend, be released from prison in August, South Africa’s Department of...
View ArticleWith early release from prison, what’s next for Oscar Pistorius?
PRETORIA, South Africa — After serving 10 months for shooting his girlfriend to death, paralympic runner Oscar Pistorius will be freed from prison and go into house arrest Friday. Pistorius was...
View ArticleOscar Pistorius appeal changes conviction to murder
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — Oscar Pistorius has been found guilty of the murder of Reeva Steenkamp, after South Africa’s Supreme Court overturned the previous conviction of culpable homicide. Judge...
View ArticleOscar Pistorius granted bail after murder conviction
PRETORIA, South Africa– Oscar Pistorius was back in court Tuesday where a judge granted him bail. Judge Aubrey Ledwaba said Pistorius has proven he is not a flight risk. The double-amputee sprinter...
View ArticleOscar Pistorius sentenced for murder of Reeva Steenkamp
PRETORIA, South Africa — A South African judge sentenced Olympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius to six years in prison for his girlfriend’s murder — closing yet another chapter in a case that has transfixed...
View ArticlePistorius treated at South African hospital; back to jail
JOHANNESBURG — South African prison officials say Oscar Pistorius was treated for injuries at a private hospital and has returned to a jail where the Olympian is serving a six-year sentence for...
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