The Olympic athlete who 'accidentally' killed his girlfriend - Oscar Pistorius

these are the distilled facts that can be proven let's see who the person is after incorporating the supreme court of appeals finally that human sentence today or Friday or whatever day this is the person it is three in the morning known as the fastest man Legless Oscar Pistorius was a global sensation and an inspiration to many, however this would all change in 2013 after he was charged with the shooting death of his

girlfriend

Rita Spinkamp, ​​let's take a trip back and find out what happened before To get started, be sure to like and comment. and subscribe

oscar

pistorius

, also known as the blade runner, was a former para-

athlete

, an

olympic

sprinter who was born without the fibula in his lower legs, which was later amputated at 11 months old despite the setback that

oscar

started began running at the age of 16 wearing a pair of cheetahs with flexed feet, a lightweight carbon fiber foot, and managed to capture the gold medal in the 200 meter race at the 2004 Athens Paralympic Games, after his victory in Athens, Oscar competed in several races in South Africa against able-bodied

athlete

s, his talent was undeniable as European race organizers wanted to showcase it at their events, however, the runner's artificial legs became a source of controversy in In 2007, the IAAF decided to ban Pistorius from competing, claiming that his artificial legs gave him an unfair advantage over able-bodied athletes.

Oscar immediately appealed the ruling, and in May 2008, the Court of Arbitration for Sport overturned the Athletic Foundation's decision after missing the 2008 summer

olympic

s in beijing oscar would focus his training on reaching the london 2012 olympic games along the way oscar dubbed the fastest man without legs captured three gold medals at the 2011 ipc world athletics championships, he was followed two more titles in the 400 meter and 100 meter events at the bt paralympics world cup, but in the spring of 2012 oscar would achieve his ultimate dream when he qualified for the 400 meter race at the london olympic games and while he was finally eliminated in the semifinal round secured his place in history by becoming the first amputee athlete to compete in track events at the olympic games he is putting distance between him and oliveira and oscar

pistorius

the best paralympic athlete of all time is the 2012 paralympic champion in london server for blake jumper bronze for david prince alan oliveira stops clutching his right hamstring the track star made headlines of a different kind in february 2013 after his

girlfriend

, the south african model Riva Steenkamp, ​​found dead in her home in Pretoria, South Africa, according to police, Steenkamp was shot to death on the morning of February 14, 2013 with gunshot wounds to the head and one to the arm.

Oscar was soon declared the main suspect in the case five days after Aretha's death during a hearing at the Pretoria Magistrates Court Oscar admitted to having unintentionally shot at Steam Camp at his home on Valentine's Day and later claimed he had mistaken at your girlfriend with an intruder and shot her through the closed bathroom door you never wanted to shoot the robbery the intruders were coming outside the door, that's right, ma'am, but we know they got into this, that's right, we know that was there, that's right, so there's no reason for you to shoot objectively, see after the fact, as we are here today, you had no reason. shooting that is correct, consequently, Oscar faced a charge of premeditated murder that would result in a mandatory sentence of life in prison in the event of a guilty verdict.

On March 3, 2014, the trial for Oscar began in addition to being charged with premeditated murder Oscar also faced two separate weapons charges for incidents unrelated to his girlfriend's death. He pleaded not guilty to all charges. Oscar claimed he was scared in his home by the noise of an unknown intruder which made him shoot the bathroom door. Along with his vulnerable state of mind without his prosthetic legs, Oscar's neighbor, Michelle Burger, testified that she heard a blood-curdling scream from a woman on the night of the murder, followed by a man screaming for help three times. The trial prosecutors accused Oscar of having argued with Riva on the night of the murder, which is why he locked himself in the bathroom while the trial progressed.

Oscar took the stand to defend himself, first offering his condolences to Steenkamp's family before continue to claim that you shot him by accident, my lady of our parties, please begin with my evidence by offering an apology. I would like to take this opportunity, so I apologize to um, this is in this lady and Mr. St. to the riva family. To those of you who knew her today, I would like to apologize and say that there are many times and there has not been a time since this tragedy occurred when I have not thought about your family.

I wake up every morning. You are the first people I think of. The first people I pray for. I can't imagine the pain, sadness and emptiness I have caused you and your family. He was simply trying to protect Riva. I can promise you that when she went to bed that night she felt loved. I have tried to put my words on paper. Many, many times, but no words were enough. Some observers were not swayed by Oscar's display of emotion. Reports later emerged that he had taken acting lessons prior to his court appearance, but Oscar denied these claims.

A few weeks later, in May, Oscar's lawyer came calling. The psychiatrist testified that Oscar suffered from generalized anxiety disorder. This condition was presented as a possible influence on Oscar and his deadly actions. The judge then requested another delay in the trial so that Oscar would undergo a full mental health examination on the occasions when Upon returning to South Africa, he reports being concerned about the high levels of violent crime in South Africa, as reported by the media and as discussed with his immediate and extended family environment. He purchased a firearm for his own protection. His aunt, Mrs.

Binge, reports that at some point his home was burglarized and this forced her to add extensive security measures to his property. Mr. Pistorius relates that, as a professional athlete, he worked very hard to get sponsorships in order to earn a lot of money and have secure financial autonomy. and independence is his attempt to control his anxiety. In my opinion, ma'am, mr. pistorius has an anxiety disorder. Now he refers to it. He tried to control his anxiety, but now this athlete is performing well. Where does anxiety come in? How did it appear that he was determined not to have an anxiety disorder according to the psychological report published at the end of June?

His trial resumed and continued for several more weeks before both sides presented their closing arguments. In September, Judge 11 Masipa declared that Oscar Pistorius. He was not guilty of premeditated murder, however, he was later found guilty of culpable homicide and in October he was sentenced to five years in prison. On October 19, 2015 Oscar was released and placed under house arrest and correctional supervision for four years, but this would not be the last we would hear from him because in December South Africa's high court of appeal ruled that Oscar was guilty of the first degree murder of Rivas. The court found that a misinterpretation of the laws combined with a dismissal of circumstances evidence had caused prosecutors to offer the lesser charge of intentional homicide in 2014.

Now, under the charge of first-degree murder, new Judge Eric Leach declared the following: It is inconceivable that a rational person could have believed he had the right to fire this person with a large caliber firearm without even taking the most basic precaution of firing a warning shot that the defendant said he decided not to fire because thought that the rebound might harm him, this constituted prima facie evidence that the defendant did not entertain an honest and genuine belief that he acted lawfully, which was in no way disturbed by his faltering and false evidence regarding his state of mind. when he fired his weapon to disrupt the natural influence that a person purports to have over the probable consequences of his actions that the defendant was required to establish at least a factual basis for his alleged genuine belief of an imminent attack against him, this the defendant did not did, consequently, although he was frightened, the accused armed himself to shoot if there was anyone in the bathroom and when he did so, in doing so he must have foreseen and therefore have foreseen that the person he was shooting at behind the door could be fatally wounded, but she fired without having a rational or genuine fear that her life was in danger, putative private defense or self-defense cannot be sustained and there is no obstacle to determining that she acted with Douglas and that, depending on the final result According to the death of the deceased, in the first count of the indictment, the accused should have been convicted of murder on the basis that he had fired the fatal shots with criminal weapons. intention in the form of douglas eventualis as a result of the aforementioned errors of law and after a proper evaluation of the facts, he should have been convicted not of manslaughter on that charge, but of murder in the interests of justice, the conviction and the sentence imposed with respect to should be vacated and the conviction replaced by a conviction for the correct crime, of course, the defendant has already served a part of the sentence imposed on him with respect to the lesser crime of manslaughter, but the question of what would be The question of whether the sentence is appropriate was not adequately debated before this court, especially in light of the Constitutional Court's rulings in the Nobelisa and Beaucoats cases, since the matter must be returned to the court of first instance for imposition a new sentence by doing so, obviously, whatever the sentence already imposed.

The sentences served by the defendant regarding the wrongful conviction for manslaughter will be taken into account in 2016, Judge Masipa sentenced Oscar to six years in prison for the murder of Steen Camp; However, this sentence was later condemned by South Africa's national prosecutor's office as too lenient and disproportionate to the crime. A year later, in September 2017, it was announced that the supreme court of appeal would hear the state's argument against the six-year murder sentence with a hearing date scheduled for November, the third portal exercised its discretion inappropriately that the sentence that was reached as a result of the erroneous instructions the erroneous instructions that we have set out in detail and those erroneous instructions They are materials that have led to the irregularity and the irregularities to which the fourth code later reached an unjust sentence were not only the four shots, it was not only the large-caliber or high-caliber firearm with little ammunition, no He knew what threat, if any, he faced, not only did he fire four shots, not only did he not offer a reasonable explanation.

For the reasons he shot those shots, what he also does is he's clear enough to tell the quarterback why he didn't shoot a warning shot and that he didn't shoot a warning shot because he was afraid it would rebound, for What is there All these anomalies imply the brutal murder of an innocent and defenseless woman who had nowhere to hide when the shots were fired, the deceased still had a whole life ahead of her but that was denied to her by the accused in a horrible way, which which perhaps makes the The crime most apprehendable is that the murder of the deceased was senseless or gratuitous 21 days later, shortly after Life aired his movie Oscar Pitorius Blade Ronakilla, South Africa's supreme court of appeal handed down a new sentence of 13 years and five months in prison for the fallen sports hero In pronouncing the verdict, Supreme Court Justice Willie Cerretti noted that Pistorius did not explain in multiple court hearings why he fired the fatal shots and generally did not appear to repent in answer.

Family attorney Steen Camp said his clients feel there has been justice for Aretha and she can now rest in peace, so do you think the right decision was made? Did Oscar really

accidentally

shoot his girlfriend or was it a cold-blooded murder? Let me know in the comments and be sure to like, comment and subscribe, thanks for watching.