{"id":21962,"date":"2013-08-17T01:23:29","date_gmt":"2013-08-16T23:23:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/pistorius-faces-two-additional-charges-in-court\/"},"modified":"2013-08-17T01:23:29","modified_gmt":"2013-08-16T23:23:29","slug":"pistorius-faces-two-additional-charges-in-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/pistorius-faces-two-additional-charges-in-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Pistorius faces two additional charges in court"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t    <a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/?attachment_id=13692\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13692\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-13692  \" alt=\"The National Prosecuting Authority has told Oscar Pistorius\u2019s lawyers that they plan to charge him with two counts of recklessly discharging a gun in a public place. Photo: AFP\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/99c8f_000_Par6306184.jpg\" width=\"378\" height=\"241\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The National Prosecuting Authority has told Oscar Pistorius\u2019s lawyers that they plan to charge him with two counts of recklessly discharging a gun in a public place. Photo: AFP<\/p>\n<p>Oscar Pistorius will face two additional charges when he appears in court on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The National Prosecuting Authority has told Pistorius\u2019s lawyers that they plan to charge him with two counts of recklessly discharging a gun in a public place.<\/p>\n<p>The Paralympian\u2019s lawyers have refused to comment on the new charges, which are believed to be part of the state\u2019s strategy to paint Pistorius as trigger-happy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/pistorius-awaits-latest-court-date\/\" target=\"_blank\">The charges relate to two incidents<\/a>. The first occurred when Pistorius allegedly fired his gun out the sunroof of a friend\u2019s car on the way back from a weekend holiday.<\/p>\n<p>The second charge relates to Pistorius allegedly accidently firing his friend\u2019s gun in a Johannesburg restaurant. \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.enca.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">eNCA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more breaking Oscar Pistorius news,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/tag\/oscar-pistorius\/\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For more breaking sporting news and views, visit MySport24 on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MySport24\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mysport24?ref=hl\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h6 class=\"zemanta-related-title\">Related articles<\/h6>\n<ul class=\"zemanta-article-ul zemanta-article-ul-image\">\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/oscar-pistorius-aims-to-train\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/99c8f_180660636_80_802.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/oscar-pistorius-aims-to-train\/\" target=\"_blank\">Oscar Pistorius aims to train<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/pistorius-awaits-latest-court-date\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/99c8f_193676372_80_80.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/pistorius-awaits-latest-court-date\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pistorius awaits latest court date<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/pistorius-goes-kayaking-to-take-a-break\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/99c8f_193294987_80_80.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/pistorius-goes-kayaking-to-take-a-break\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pistorius goes kayaking to take a break<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/?px\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/294ef_zemified_h.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Prosecuting Authority has told Oscar Pistorius\u2019s lawyers that they plan to charge him with two counts of recklessly discharging a gun in a public place. 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