South African Paralympian star Oscar Pistorius was emotional when his affidavit on how he shot his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp was read to the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday.
“I deny the aforesaid (murder) allegation in the strongest terms,” Pistorius said in the 10-page statement, which was read to the court by his advocate Barry Roux.
Pistorius’ version of events was being presented in an application for bail on the same day that Steenkamp’s funeral service was being held in Port Elizabeth, about 1 100km away.
The State intends arguing that the murder was pre-meditated.
With his brother Carl supporting him, the court heard: “I fail to understand how I could be charged with murder, let alone premeditated murder, as I had no intention to kill my girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.”
In the affidavit, Pistorius said he would put factors before the court to show that it was in the interests of justice to permit his release on bail, and that the State would not be able to present any “objective facts” that he committed a “planned or premeditated murder”. – TimesLive
