Lost In Xanadu Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 http://espn.go.com/olympics/story/_/id/8946820/olympic-sprinter-oscar-pistorius-charged-murder-girlfriend-reeva-steenkamp PRETORIA, South Africa -- Paralympic superstar Oscar Pistorius was charged Thursday with the murder of his girlfriend who was shot inside his home in South Africa, a stunning development in the life of a national hero known as the Blade Runner for his high-tech artificial legs. http://img003.lazygirls.info/people/reeva_steenkamp/reeva_steenkamp_reeva_steenkamp_fhm_12_11_07_wsVIaRq.sized.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alphseeker Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 WOW! WWWOOOOWWW!!!! WOW! I mean the story not the picture - ;) Seriously this sucks i remember rooting for this guy - 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost In Xanadu Posted February 14, 2013 Author Share Posted February 14, 2013 WOW! WWWOOOOWWW!!!! WOW! I mean the story not the picture - ;) Seriously this sucks i remember rooting for this guy - Exactly. I think my wife got teary when him and some of the other runners were exchanging their race tags. Everyone roots for a great story like that, I was, you were, my wife was... I bet the majority of anyone watching was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barney_rebel Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Mistaken for an intruder, when witnesses have heard the argue from the house in the past? His story doesn't have a leg to stand on. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost In Xanadu Posted February 14, 2013 Author Share Posted February 14, 2013 Mistaken for an intruder, when witnesses have heard the argue from the house in the past? His story doesn't have a leg to stand on. Yeah, and I don't see this story going away anytime soon, its got legs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken hawk Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 The people you admire the most.....have a dark side. (seems so) Another example..lance Armstrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
librarian Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Absolutely shocking! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alphseeker Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Good thing he doesn't live in Texas - he'd have one blade in the grave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushfanforever! Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 (edited) The people you admire the most.....have a dark side. (seems so) Another example..lance Armstrong. Yep, that's what I was thinking too....I don't buy the "I shot the intruder" story at all...especially with the prior domestic issues that were occurring.... Edited February 16, 2013 by rushfanforever! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 http://blog.zap2it.com/pop2it/oscar-pistorius-nike-ad-bullet-in-the-chamber.jpgIrony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughedatbytime Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 http://blog.zap2it.com/pop2it/oscar-pistorius-nike-ad-bullet-in-the-chamber.jpgIronyWow. Creepy... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushfanforever! Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 http://blog.zap2it.com/pop2it/oscar-pistorius-nike-ad-bullet-in-the-chamber.jpg IronyWow. Creepy... Yikes......foreshadowing to the max!! :scared: :scared: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lerxster Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 :musicnote:Just another hunter, like a wolf in the sun Just another junkie on a scoring run Just another victim of the things he has done Just another day - in the life of a loaded gun THE ODDS GET EVEN - You name the game THE ODDS GET EVEN - The stakes are the same YOU BET YOUR LIFE:musicnote: Although you could substitute the junkie line with, Just another gun nut whose end has begun Such a sad tragic story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lerxster Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 The 26-year-old, who broke down in tears on several occasions, said the pair were in bed together when he woke up and went onto a balcony to bring a fan inside. On his return to the bedroom he said he heard a noise and thought an intruder had broken in through his bathroom window. Pistorius claimed he was too scared to switch a light on, so he grabbed his 9mm pistol — which he kept under his bed after receiving death threats — and walked towards the bathroom, which contains a toilet with a separate door. “On my way to the bathroom I screamed words to the effect for him/them to get out of my house and for Reeva to phone the police. It was pitch dark in the bedroom and I thought Reeva was in bed,” he said. “I believed that when the intruder/s came out of the toilet we would be in grave danger. I felt trapped as my bedroom door was locked and I have limited mobility on my stumps." “I fired shots at the toilet door and shouted to Reeva to phone the police." She did not respond and I moved backwards out of the bathroom, keeping my eyes on the bathroom entrance. Everything was pitch dark in the bedroom and I was still too scared to switch on a light. Reeva was not responding. “When I reached the bed, I realised that Reeva was not in bed. That is when it dawned on me that it could have been Reeva who was in the toilet. I returned to the bathroom calling her name. I tried to open the toilet door but it was locked. I rushed back into the bedroom and opened the sliding door exiting onto the balcony and screamed for help.” According to Pistorius he then smashed his way into the toilet using a cricket bat, finding her “slumped over but alive”. He then phoned for an ambulance and carried her downstairs, but she died in his arms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod in Toronto Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 It seems he started the year on the wrong foot... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lerxster Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Sounds like a paranoid gun nut who wanted desperately to bag a burglar, so he shot first and thought later. Just based on his statements, this guy needs to be imprisoned for a long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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