Photos show 'trail of blood' in Pistorius' home
Photographs of Oscar Pistorius' cocked 9mm pistol lying on a mat on the blood-stained bathroom floor and the blood splatter on walls and furniture in his house have been shown at the double-amputee Olympian's murder trial, building a detailed picture of the scene where he killed Reeva Steenkamp. Ref. Source 2
Oscar Pistorius 'knew rules' about gun use
Months before he killed his girlfriend, Oscar Pistorius said he drew his gun and went into ''combat mode'' after hearing the noise of a possible intruder at home, which turned out to be a laundry machine, a South African guns expert testified on Monday at the athlete's murder trial. Ref. Source 6
Messages retrieved from Oscar Pistorius' cell phone reveal a jealousy-fueled dispute between the South African athlete and the girlfriend he later shot to death.
"I'm scared of you sometimes," The girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, texted Pistorius just weeks before she was slain on Valentine's Day -- February 14, 2013.
According to the messages, Pistorius apparently was upset about Steenkamp speaking to another man at a party.
"I watched you touch his arm and ignore me. Clearly I was upset," Pistorius messaged Steenkamp.
Steenkamp said she had done nothing.
"Today was one of my best friend's engagements and I wanted to stay longer," She replied in a text. "You have picked on me incessantly since you got back from Cape Town. It's not nice. I was not flirting with anyone today, I feel sick that you suggested that and made a scene and made us leave early. We are living in a double standard relationship."
Pistorius is on trial for murder. He doesn't deny shooting Steenkamp but claims it was an accident.
Week four of the murder trial began Monday. Ref. CNN