On the morning of Valentine’s Day 2013, South Africans woke up to the news of Paralympic Oscar Pistorius having been arrested for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Pistorius claimed that he thought there was an intruder in the house and trying to protect himself and his girlfriend he fired four shots. As the trial began, details about that night and who Oscar Pistorius really was came to light.
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