Reeva Steenkamp was a 29 year old bright, young woman from Cape Town South Africa. She was not only a trained paralegal but also a model who was fast becoming the hottest face on the South African celebrity scene & her star was rising fast . That was until the early hours of the morning on Valentine’s Day 2013. This is when Reeva’s life would cruelly come to an end & she was murdered, shot four times by her violent controlling boyfriend, celebrity olympian & South African hero Oscar Pistorius, also known as the Blade Runner. Her bright future was stolen by a dangerous ticking time bomb, who had a history of being abusive & controlling to past girlfriends. As the world looked on in disbelief at this shocking story people were torn on what to believe . Had Oscar really believed there was an intruder in his house leading him to shoot blindly through his bathroom door in fear, killing Reeva in the process ? Or was Oscar Pistorius, the talented young athlete that had left the world in awe due to his remarkable sporting achievements actually a violent abusive killer who had murdered his girlfriend in a fit of jealous rage ? Now, as he is set to be released in just over a month we look at the shocking story of Oscar’s incredible fall from grace, where he went from being South Africas celebrity poster boy, to being officially charged & sentenced for the murder of Reeva Steenkamp.

This is episode 41 Oscar Pistorius...

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Sources: Wikipedia , BBC News, Britannica.com, Sky News, The Guardian, SABC News (YouTube).

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