Oscar Pistorius

Oscar Pistorius breaks down in court as the first person at the scene describes finding Reeva Steenkamp just before she died, and the athlete crying over her body.

“Please say it was you”: on day three of the Oscar Pistorius murder trial, boxer Kevin Lerena says the athlete asked a friend to take the blame for accidentally firing a gun in a restaurant.

A witness tells court she heard a couple having a fight for an hour before gunshots rang out on the night Reeva Steenkamp was killed, and Oscar Pistorius sheds a tear on hearing about her injuries.

It was billed as the “trial of the century”. But procedural mistakes have dogged proceedings in the Pretoria courtroom where Oscar PIstorius is standing trial for murder.

The much-anticipated trial of Oscar Pistorius begins with the Olympic star denying murdering, or arguing with, his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

Oscar Pistorius had transcended disability to become a sporting superstar. Now he stands trial for the murder of Reeva Steenkamp. Debora Patta sets the scene for South Africa’s trial of the century.

The first witness called to give evidence at Oscar Pistorius’s murder trial describes hearing “petrified screams” on the Valentine’s evening that Reeva Steenkamp was shot dead.

“The loss of Reeva… I will carry with me for the rest of my life”: Paralympic star Oscar Pistorius breaks his silence and speaks out, one year after shooting his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp dead.

On what would have been Reeva Steenkamp’s birthday, Oscar Pistorius is formally indicted on a charge of murdering her and a trial date is set for March 2014.

“Blade Runner” athlete Oscar Pistorius appears briefly at a pre-trial hearing in Pretoria, where the magistrate sets 19 August as the date for his trial for the murder of Reeva Steenkamp.

On the eve of Oscar Pistorius’ next court appearance, South African journalist Debora Patta meets the Paralympian’s coach who says the runner had a fascination with guns and could lose his temper.

The brother of “blade runner” Oscar Pistorius is facing a culpable homicide charge for a 2008 road death, the family lawyer has said.

The father of Reeva Steenkamp says Oscar Pistorius will have to “live with his conscience” if he is lying about how he killed her.

In a dramatic conclusion to a four-day bail hearing, Oscar Pistorius is granted bail to await trial for the murder of his girlfriend. But women’s campaigners criticise “cheers” in court.

Listen to the decision of the South African magistrate Desmond Nair who rules that Oscar Pistorius has made a successful case to be released on bail.